Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sometimes a warm color is not a bad thing. When I convert my images from RAW, I often tweak the color temperature, but not always and not all the way to neutral. For example, my week 2 PAW: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_2.jpg is somewhat corrected but not entirely, because I found this effect more pleasing (in this context) than a totally neutral one. Truth be told, sometimes I struggle with the whole color temperature thing, partly because my color vision is not 100%, so there are times when I just say, "screw the color" and convert to B&W, even when I originally intended the image to be in color. Nathan George Lottermoser wrote: >>Dear LUG, >> Attached is PAW 4 - 2005. This was shot at the Cafe Amelie, in >>Paris. This man was eating his lunch and reading. I was struck with >>the colors. I hope someone enjoys. Comments appreciated. >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/Lee-Hermann-album/at_lunch > > > I can't help asking - what colors were you struck by? The colors your eyes > saw in the scene or the extreme distortion of color that you chose to show > on screen? > > I'm constantly amazed by folks who post color images which have absolutely > no relationship to what their eyes see. I'm not a purist about the point. > I'm open to radical color if done with some intentionality or on purpose. > But I don't understand taking 5000K daylight film into 2800K situations > and not taking care of the difference when we've got the software to deal > with it. Did you intend to have such an off-color effect? > > I've taken the liberty to adjust your color and posted it here > <http://www.imagist.com/colors/> while certainly still not perfect, I have > to assume it more closely relates to what you saw. > > Fond regards, > > G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist? > > <*>Peace<*> <*>Harmony<*> <*>Stewardship<*> > > Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways > since 1969 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > web <www.imagist.com> > eMail george@imagist.com > voice 262 241 9375 > fax 262 241 9398 > Lotter Moser & Associates > 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography available at: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Prints for sale at: http://www.photodeluge.com