Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I just saw Salgado's Genesis exhibition last month in London, and I must say that a lot of the pleasure of his photography was taken away by gross over processing. Salgado can get away with this sort of thing, but not many others can. I cannot but feel that half the photographs in the show would have looked much better normally processed in colour! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:37 AM, David Ching <davidhhching at yahoo.com.sg> wrote: > Dear Jaya, > > Unless one is Salgado, most attempts at B&W landscape photography are > rather lame. God made things in colour and created us to view colours. We > learnt to appreciate B&W and greys. > I like portraits in B&W and whole-heartedly agree with Ted. Just that a > few seem to think that those who do colour are not arty or professional > enough. > Mind your steps though, in your journeys to record this beautiful world > around us. > > Best, > > David Ching > > H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam) > : +65 92321098 (Singapore) > > On 17 Sep, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> David, >> Thanks for looking. As far as colour vs B&W is concerned, I would >> guess that most of my photography occurs naturally in places with >> subjects where colour carries much more impact, so a lot of it stays >> in colour. I am really quite neutral on colour vs B&W actually. I tend >> to convert to B&W either when the frame is naturally monochromatic and >> has a person as the central focal point, or when too much colour >> intrudes into the subject matter. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:59 AM, David Ching <davidhhching at >> yahoo.com.sg> wrote: >>> Dear Jaya, >>> >>> Keep shooting these wonderful colour photographs. As one of the few that >>> champions colour, these series and others of yours tell me that colour >>> is not dead amongst those on the LUG. >>> I may sound heretical here but I can't help but say that sometimes >>> shooting in B&W is an excuse for sloppiness or laziness. The only >>> exception is shooting people; no colour bar! >>> >>> >>> >>> David Ching >>> >>>