Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] B&W or Color
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Tue May 22 19:31:52 2007
References: <465397DE.70201@mcclary.net>

Quoth the Harrison McClary :

> Which works better
> 
> B&W:
> http://www.pbase.com/2plus2/image/79259517
> 
> or color:
> http://www.pbase.com/2plus2/image/79259524
> 
> I can't decide, the water works better in B&W but the mood is better
> in color?

Yup.  As a photograph, on every scale I can think of, it works better 
in B&W.

Except I wouldn't look at it twice that way.  It's nice, but it 
doesn't really grab me.

In color, I can't find anything that wouldn't be improved by 
converting it, except that somehow the whole is NOT the sum of the 
parts here, and I like the shot.  I think you need that really 
vibrant green in the grass to make the shot work, even though it's 
not really pertinent on any specific level.

Nice conundrum.

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