Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>Ted: - perhaps this explains a bit more of what was going through my head.<<<< Hi Peter, I suppose I'm influenced in shooting B&W as a first choice, partly because of the hundreds of thousands of B&W images I exposed during the many years of shooting documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada when B&W was the way photographing life across Canada and on overseas assignments were in vogue. With much of LIFE, LOOK, PARIS MATCH publications and many other magazines of the day it was B&W. Today, colour is generally of a "real life" recognition and the influence since colour TV! Or a client wanted me to shoot only in colour. These kind of assignments became regular. Some lasting a month or more and it was 100% colour. The complete reversal of the hundreds of B&W assignments during the previous years. Eventually you "shoot due to visual motivation!" A kind of "gut feel good kind of motivation." Now I shoot what makes me feel good in my gut! :-) And or a client request. Obviously, even after all my years. My gut can be wrong! So I screw-up, but they're usually personal happy snap days. :-) I still think seeing your scene with the flowers and they were of a large enough eye catching colour area? I'd still shot colour. But a decision can be "how one's gut is feeling the scene on any given day?" cheers, ted Douglas: - surely flowers do have souls ;-) even when they have been dyed livid red or yellow! Jim - I see what you are trying to get at, but for me it doesn't quite work...the church really isn't that colour but I do prefer the more muted tones. I used ColourEfex for the B&W conversion and PSE 12 for most of the rest of the work. Lluis - many thanks, but I really do prefer the B&W. What do you mean by "usual"? The more obvious way to shoot it? All: - as an after thought I did wonder at the time what the LUG would think and who would shoot it which way :-) :-) Regards, Peter On 09/08/2016 00:19, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Peter, > You know my quote about B&W, colour and peoples clothes? :-) > Every once in awhile on the LUG I see a shot the complete opposite of the > quotation. > In your photo here I'd have shot that in colour as the subject appeared to > pertain more to a "market flower situation???" rather than people & clothes? > By the same token we shoot our photos on the bases of "Too each his own > feelings." But I was just curious? > > cheers, > ted Grant > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Peter Dzwig > Sent: August-08-16 2:20 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] [IMG] PESO - Market flowers > > All, > > Flower stall in the market at Isle-sur-Sorgue > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Marketplace+-+Ile-sur- > Sorgue+-+1-1.jpg.html> > > > Viewing large shows more detail. > > Fuji XE2 > > Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome, > > Thanks for taking the time to look. > > Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus