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Subject: [Leica] Color vs B&W
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:02:30 -0600
References: <CCED779A.13C14%manolito@videotron.ca> <6961F60394D940C9B95E2402D4A03441@syneticfeba505> <7A7B130A-731F-4487-AF21-50FB114D8081@gmail.com> <54535438-D6AD-4FF3-B192-203E6F876BD0@embarqmail.com> <A1B0C25D-1BED-48C4-A947-8071C16140AD@embarqmail.com> <CA+yJO1B6uE9B3PWde4hdCWqjTqUEn1QMOBS8hfF-eSMHgco68w@mail.gmail.com> <873A2992-F656-4F34-A65E-BD48CB4FBE76@gmail.com> <CA+yJO1DMhnTFd+qTUveaXQJ8YtRXEymDUdvd+skX4PRK87CKSA@mail.gmail.com>

Knowing the colors involved, I would be eager to see it in color.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
wrote:

> Speaking of B&W:
>
> http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/12/harold-feinstein/?hpt=hp_t3
>
> Better in color?
>

Knowing the colors involved, I would be eager to see it in color.


>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > On Dec 12, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Caricature?  So any photos made before color film was available are
> > > caricatures?  I don't get that.
> > >
> > > I love B&W photography.  It *sometimes** *turns a snapshot into art by
> > > reducing the content to form and composition which could be a type of
> > > caricature but not under the usual definition of oversimplification or
> > > satirical content.   Unless the photo is flowers, sunsets, sports, or
> > > wildlife, I almost always prefer B&W over color.  Would Salgado's
> photos
> > be
> > > as effective in color?  He is photographing currently and has the
> > choice. I
> > > guess we are all different and have different opinions!
> > >
> > > Standing up for B&W here, surprised to have to do that on a Leica list!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > sure agree,   I totally support you on your decisions, though I
> feel/agree
> > that bw is preferable.... unless the image is "all about color"!
> > I feel that the stripping away of color lets you see what is there
> without
> > distraction or artifice,
> > though it doesn't create caricature....   it does however get down to
> core
> > issues, which is the point.
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> and turning them into B&W caricature shows them how the photographer
> > >> thinks they are
> > >>
> > >> ric
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> 
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> how is that NOT how they are?
> > >>>
> > >>> it seems to me precisely how they are
> > >>>
> > >>> ric
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
> > >>> gmail.com
> >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> occurs to me this concerns how they want to be seen, not how they
> are.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > > www.tinamanley.com
> > >
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> >
>
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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>



-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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