Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IMO black and white packs more documentary and artistic weight; in expense of the lush gorgeousness and more information of color. The best thing to do is to shoot black and white from the beginning so you can forget about the color. If the color is there for me its darned hard to dump it. I can only do so about 10% of the time. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:59:25 -0500 > To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>, Leica Users Group <lug at > leica-users.org>, paw > <paw at micapeak.com>, seephoto <seephoto at micapeak.com>, Olympus Camera > Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Subject: [Leica] Color vs B&W > > PESO: > > I am always torn between the two. To me, color is such a part of the > people of Guatemala that it is almost a sacrilege to eliminate their color. > Not so at all in Honduras or some other countries I've been to. I took 10 > times as many color photos in Guatemala as in Honduras. In this case, > somebody on the MUG suggested this photo is more of a character study in > B&W. I aree that it's more of a character study, but which is more true > documentation? Is it ok to remove their color when it is so important to > them? I really don't know. > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147801312 > > or > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147801737 > > Opinions would be grealy appreciated. > > Tina > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information