[Leica] Gompas

[davidhhching at yahoo.com.sg (David Ching)]

Dear Jaya,

I didn't have the pleasure as you did in London. 
Well if it was all natural, almost anyone would be doing B&W! 

Yes, Salgado can get away with his interpretations. It's called ART. 
I like yours too, like the one showing a Gompas at the extreme right hand 
corner amidst the vastness. It's called REAL LIFE (still interpreted no 
matter).


Best,

David Ching

H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam)
                    : +65 92321098 (Singapore)

On 17 Sep, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> 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
>>>> 
>>>>