Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tough love from R. Clayton! That might be a bit harsh on Simon though ;-) Good to explore every avenue there. My preference is still for the colour. It's the soft warm skin tones in dappled light in the green nature surrounds. And huge gorgeous eyes, of course. This is still the most charming child's portrait that I have seen here for a long time. This last BW version does reduce the prominence of the oof foreground leaves, but for me the penalty is that the face is now rendered too dark (they are similar greys). In colour the leaves are more obviously leaves (visual cue for what is familiar) and add environment rather than distract. I think that the key for a successful BW rendition might be selective tonal adjustment in the conversion. I'll send Simon an example off-list and he can comment as he wishes. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, 9 May 2008 07:44 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale You already HAVE a real winner of a shot, Simon. Is there some reason beyond the narrowness of the "It only counts if it's not in color" krewe d'klowns that you're insisting on turning it into a loser? Quoth the simon jessurun : > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/canon/pixgrey.jpg.html > best > simon jessurun,amsterdam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information