Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi HCB's comments are a little passe in today's digital world. If u shoot colour film, u can scan the film and do post processing of the kind you can do in the traditional darkroom. if you shoot digital, then all the more so......heck u can even convert it to black and white ;) Red Dawn - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Jensen" <randy@jamzcheer.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:00 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] b/w and color > I'm sorry that I don't have the actual quote, but in The Mind's Eye (an > Aperture book of writings on photography by HCB) he makes a comment about > color photography and why it generally doesn't "work." There are too many > factors, and you can't control color like you can in painting and other art. > > I wish I had the exact quote! If anyone wants it, I'll post it tomorrow! > :) But it made sense to me when I read it. B/W doesn't have that extra > complication which can detract from the image's geometry. > > Randy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html