[Leica] IMG: Elderly man - re Teds advice

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

For this one, I prefer color.  I like what you've done with the colors -
the blues and golds really stand out and the fruit in the store looks great.

          Tina

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

> Ted
>
> Thanks for commenting, and you are/were absolutely right. I had already
> done a b&w conversion and tussled as to which was better so I have now
> uploaded both the LUG gallery. You can see the HDR at:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/03-0342.jpg.html
>
> and the b&w is sitting right next to it. Maybe other opinions could be
> given - which is the prefered option? For me they are both joint first.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> On 21 Apr 2012, at 17:08, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>
> > Gerry Walden SHOWED:
> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Elderly man
> >
> >
> >> I shot this in Italy nearly nine years ago on the first digital camera
> I ever used, a Fuji S2Pro. One of the great things I love about digital is
> you can revist an image and produce a totally different vision of the
> original and I have reworked the image using LR4 and a pseudo-HDR plug-in:
> >>
> >>
> http://gerrywalden.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Italy-The-Italians/G00007In8gWq63I0/I00004S9_fbphFtg
> >
> > Hi Gerry,
> > Have you tried converting this to B&W?  It's the kind of street scene
> that might just have a stronger? Harsher look of a tired elderly man
> message in B&W? Maybe? But it' sort of has enough going for it for a try.
> >
> > Even though I like the colour very much it seems a street scene for B&W?
> Maybe??????????
> >
> > And given these days and computer-Photoshop it's merely a "click away!"
> ;-) One of the reasons I like using Photoshop is for this reason. Seeing a
> photo in both mediums!
> >
> > Besides, as you well know. A photograph with strength in both B&W &
> colour is the mark of a photograph that's sometimes a smashing great photo!
> Of course one must look first. ;-)
> >
> > The one thing it illustrates is just how I have been feeling this past
> few weeks, always looking for a place to sit as my drive to get on with
> things and life seems ebbing away to some kind of worthlessness ! :-(
> >
> > cheers,
> > ted
> >
> > cheers,
> > ted
> >
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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