Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Jan 2, 2017, at 6:37 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > I make the decision at the post processing stage - it stays in colour > unless the colour distracts, or there is a tint across the print that is > difficult to remove without altering the colour balance of the frame, or > there is too much noise in the frame. In other words, I prefer colour as a > regular medium, B&W is an occasional pleasure. > > That said, ironically, I have been taking part in a monthly B&W Digital > Print Exchange since 2005, and a few of my colour shots get converted to > B&W anyway! :-) > > Cheers > Jayanand ************ This issue seems to be a very frequent dilemma, which I have resolved in the following way, using a simple argument, f w i w . Not all will agree, given time, many may come around to this point of view. We all know the color of things, so a photo JUST to show the colors goes only so far. If a photo contains something meaningful, it generally is independent of color. Rarely, color is all important, extreme, different, unexpected, or the mix of colors is so unusual, that a photo becomes necessary. In that case, I make a photo for the color only, and of course color is critical in the final image. ymmd, steve ************ > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Ever since I switched to digital I have had problems with some images >> deciding whether it is a ?colour? image or a ?mono? image. It was easier >> in >> my opinion when you carried two cameras, and you made the decision at the >> point of pressing the button, and then you had decided. It was a decision >> made at that moment, in that mood, at (to quote HC-B) the point when the >> heart, the eye and the mind come together. There is no better time to >> decide because never again will those three factors coincide. I am afraid >> that the decision on which of these two images is purely yours to make >> because neither is better or worse than the other. >> >> I wish you luck with your decision, >> >> Gerry >> >>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 01:51, lluisripollphotography < >> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The Day I went to shoot ?Giving Smiles? I?ve carried the M9, it poses >> sometimes a problem to decide if color or B&W?. >>> >>> Evening in La Rambla >>> >>> Leica M9, Summilux 75 wide open >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/ >> 20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.html> >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/ >> 20161221_L1013236.jpg.html> >>> >>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>> >>> Saludos cordiales >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information