Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: I'm smack in the middle on this one. I like Steve's suggested cropping, but I like the picture best in color. I think it has to do with the fact that the photo was taken in the shade. The colors make it more cheerful, because we don't have any of the "snap" that brighter lighting would provide. It's possible that with different color filtering, that could be mitigated. But I like the way the yellow lion contrasts with the blue shirt and the bluish poster. Another reason is that with the color picture, I first see the lion, then the boy, then the girl in the bikini. With the B&W, I see the boy, then the girl, then the lion. Somehow, seeing the lion first makes it funnier--I see two things associated with childhood, then the "punch line" of the girl. Comedy often works by threes. Finally, the B&W has an odd texture that says to me "digital converted to B&W." Look at the boy's hair. I don't know if you shot RAW or JPEG, but I'd be inclined to guess JPEG. The texture might have been a bit smoother if you'd had more bits to work with in the conversion. Speaking of texture, the 10D photos have a very different "look" to them than your film shots. Not better or worse, just different. I can tell they're digital without being told. Then again, they still look like Nathan pictures, so it doesn't seem that using the digital is cramping or changing your style. --Peter Klein Seattle, WA At 02:11 AM 8/8/04 -0500, you wrote: >From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> >Subject: > >I have been having an offline dialogue with Steve Barbour about one of >the images I posted among my PAWs last week: >http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_31alt2.jpg > >Steve suggested that this image would be better in B&W and took the >trouble of doing it with the JPEG I posted. I have now done a proper >converstion on the original Photoshop file, and the result is: >http://www.leica-gallery.net/wajsman/image-71391.html > >Personally, I still prefer the color version; I think the lion on the >bicycle cart and the mannequin in the shop window work best in color. >Steve prefers the B&W image, also cropped as he suggested. What do y'all >think?