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Subject: [Leica] Mr. B. D. Colen speaks
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:51:07 -0400
References: <51DCD997.9050602@threshinc.com>

Yes, I read that thread and thought exactly the same thing.  The crowd over
here is much nicer.  I check in with the LUF every few months just to be
sure I'm not missing anything, but I always come back to the LUG!

Tina


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Tina.  I thought that you would still take those inside shots in
> B&W.
>
> Anyone who thinks this place is a tough crowd should try the LUF. Somebody
> there mentioned B.D.'s article, and the trash talk is now 3 pages long.
> They even go after Ted for his clothes/souls line. You'd think that someone
> had just denied the existence of a Supreme Being on a fundamentalist site.
>  The consensus among the majority loudmouths is that obviously B.D. and Ted
> know nothing about photography, or they wouldn't have made such statements.
>   The reasonable folks occasionally pipe up but are drowned out.  :-)
>
> Reminds me why I only go there occasionally to get the news. It's a big
> world with room for many styles, but some folks don't know that. Poor
> devils.  :-)
>
> --Peter
>
>
> > Hi, Peter -
> >
> > I missed your first post because we have been out working in the garden
> in
> > the few hours it hasn't rained here lately!
> >
> > Yes, I would have made the photos in B&W even if I had color available.
>  In
> > fact, I always carried two cameras, one with color and one with B&W film.
> >  I used B&W normally for people and for when I needed high speed - most
> of
> > the time inside dark adobe houses!  I think I would still use B&W even
> with
> > the high ISO digital available today.  That's why I've got the MM camera
> > now.  I just love B&W for people.  The Guatemalan people use color as
> part
> > of their identity and it seems a shame to remove that so most of my
> > Guatemalan people are in color.  I do have some of the women working in
> > their houses in B&W, though.
> >
> > Ted is right about clothes and souls!
> >
> > Tina
> >
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com


In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Mr. B. D. Colen speaks)