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Subject: [Leica] eica] Carnival se?orita B&W
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:30:19 +0100
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Geoff,

Thank you for your opinion too.... now it becames difficult for me  
too..., anyway I will try to improve the color one lighting the face  
and maybe I can reach the point commented by Tina about the face.

All the best!
Lluis


El 07/03/2011, a las 22:14, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?:

> I agree with Philippe. I think that the colour version is stronger  
> and has
> more atmosphere. The rich red of the dress goes with the fruit and  
> shows
> personality too. The green of the peppers and the background band of  
> fruit
> make more effective elements in colour because the tones are too  
> similar in
> grey..
> er strong face and expression would be much better if that area was  
> lighter
> though. I do not think that there is enough tonal variation for the  
> b&w to
> work as well.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 8 March 2011 06:00, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
>
>> I beg to differ - Carmen is Carmen Luis, we can't change this so it  
>> is
>> colour.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1651&bih=1068&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=bizet+carmen&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
>> BW? no way, she'd look like an old ???
>>
>> Amiti?s
>> Escamillo von Bizet
>>
>> Le 7 mars 11 ? 20:39, Lluis Ripoll a ?crit :
>>
>>
>>
>>> Alan,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your opinion, the LUG is a fantastic  
>>> place! I
>>> see... I was wrong. As Ted has said once, one self is the worst  
>>> possibe
>>> editor of his own pictures!
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>> El 07/03/2011, a las 19:40, Alan Magayne-Roshak escribi?:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011  Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mark Pope suggested that this picture could be a good B&W
>>>>> candidate...., here you are:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1018691BWS.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As said ....I think color version is better
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1018691w.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c will be appreciated
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>
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>>>> Lluis, I think the B&W is better.  The color one is too much  
>>>> about the
>>>> red in the dress (and background).  The B&W lets us see her face  
>>>> and
>>>> appreciate her as a person; the color is too murky for us to  
>>>> relate to the
>>>> expression.
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>>>> UPAA POY 1978
>>>> University Information Technology Services
>>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] eica] Carnival se?orita B&W)
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