Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I almost always prefer black and white so I'm very surprised that, in this case, I think the color is slightly better. Bob Marvin At 1:39 AM -0800 2/5/03, Aram wrote: > got a roll back and found one image I really like. Even though the film >is Velvia, I printed it out in B&W and really liked it. In class today, the >students were showing clippings and photos they really liked and some they >didn't like. Just a little exercise on the third day of class to try and >show them any common themes in what they like and dislike. The subject of >B&W came up, as they said they thought some of the photos they brought might >look better in B&W. > >So, I printed out a color one for them and showed them both photos. Most >like the B&W shot, but I don't know if it was because I mentioned that I >did. Let me know. I printed the B&W on an Epson 740 using Lysonic Small >Gammut inks and it turned out a bit sepia toned. That looks better than the >one on the web. I haven't been able to get it to print a straight black >yet, even though the PhotoShop image is in gray scale. I know it is a >primitive printer, but it is what we have at school. > >Let me know which you like better. - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html