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Subject: [Leica] Twilight Zone - Colorado Black Forest Fire Burn Scar DUANE
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:19:52 -0700
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Dr. Ted,

Take a closer look. I see faint green in some of the background, and I doubt 
that it is an artifact of my computer because I've never ever seen this 
before on a B&W image. Actually, my favorite B&W photos of woods are those 
which have just a bare suggestion of color.


Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:26 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> Duane Birkey OFFERED:
> Subject: [Leica] Twilight Zone - Colorado Black Forest Fire Burn Scar
> 
> 
>> Here is my submission for this week's assignment...     BTW.... what is
>> the topic for next week?????
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/DuaneBirkey201310228_lg.jpg.html
> 
> Hi Duane,
> Interesting lighting and the fire smoke creating a kind of mystery effect 
> to
> the scene!  Does it work as a kind of "TWI-LIGHT" situation? Yep "Smokey
> so."
> 
> I don't think this would have the same kind of "eerie effect?" If shot in
> colour?   B&W? Definitely so! The B&W retains whatever you want to think it
> is?  Fog?  Mist? Smoke? low level clouds???
> 
> Colour wouldn't give you the same kind of visual effect. Quite often B&W
> will give a greater feeling for perceived thinking in what the "Visual
> effect is?"  Smoke or possibly fog, as that's what it kind of looks like?
> Right or wrong. Go to colour and the complete meaning of the scene will
> change. Because it becomes the realities of life as it is.
> 
> Quite frankly I like the scene regardless of what the effects are being
> created by.?
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-)
> 
> 
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