Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a keeper photo for many reasons, however colour or B&W it's so strong in both it works well in whatever publishing medium it might be used. I agree with Tina in that the faces lower right of what appears kids looking at camera? I would burn them down slightly simply because every bit of eye concentration is on the kld with arms up and city back ground. The other is, how much stronger the city backgroun stands out in colour. But the main thing regardless of which, is the fact Peter gave it a shot at 1/6 of a second hand held... now that's what sorts a real shooter from a Sunday afternoon hobbiest! cheers, ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 10:05 AM Subject: [Leica] Behold! in B&W > Thanks to everyone for the comments. Ted, I knew you'd like this one :-) > I got off two shots while the young man had his hands raised. One was > quite blurred, this one was on the money. I must say that having a > "Thumbs-up" on my M8 really helps with slow shutter speeds. > > After I posted the shot in color, I fooled with some B&W conversions. This > is through a yellow-green digital filter, which emphasized the young man's > hands. What do you think? Is it better in B&W or color? > > B&W: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/NewJerusalem/L1007889bw-w.jpg.html> > > Color: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/NewJerusalem/L1007889-w.jpg.html> > > --Peter > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information