Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/25

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Subject: [Leica] Color or B&W
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:17:50 -0600 (CST)

On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>wrote: 

>Hello Lluis, 

>Two completely different pictures - the B+W one looks 
>like a scene from a Film Noir movie, the colour version 
>is just a very good picture of a rainy evening. So It's 
>B+W for me (looking forward to watching the Third Man 
>for the tenth time on TV over Christmas). 
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Ahh!  The Third Man.  My favorite movie.  I've lost track of the number of 
times I've seen this (and I never tire of watching it).  I first saw it when 
I was about five years old, and I think it influenced my whole life.  The 
lighting of Robert Krasker, and the mood in toto incited a love affair with 
a B&W view of the world.  I also saw a lot of Ealing comedies at a young age 
so I have to also credit Douglas Slocombe with giving me a talent for 
lighting. When I got into photography I was excited to have the chance to 
create in stills what these men had done in motion pictures.

I guess this explains why I like Lluis' B&W shot better.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/


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