Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too prefer the B&W, but I have a feeling that the conversion is not quite right. It looks a bit flat to me. I imagine that Provia 400 is not easy to convert well. Cheers, Nathan On 6 Dec 2013, at 00:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Thank you, George. I agree with our POTUS about the most important issue > of our time. I am afraid for our country if we don't do something to solve > it now, > > Tina > > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:05 AM, George Lottermoser < > george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > >> >> On Dec 3, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> Only one comment on the B&W Ruby so I'm posting the color one, too. Two >>> cameras, two lenses, two films: >>> >>> B&W: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153623647 >>> >>> Color: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153633093 >>> >>> Both M6's, one 35 Summilux with TMax 400, one Noctilux with Fuji Provia >> 400. >>> >>> Comments and criticisms are gratefully accepted. >> >> I sometimes find it difficult to "comment" on powerfully disturbing >> photographs. >> This image in particular reminded me of the work I did for "Light on >> Poverty in Appalachia." >> >> <http://imagist.com/photo/images/family_01.jpg> >> <http://imagist.com/photo/images/family_01_02.jpg> >> >> I was also able to gain access to the "private" rooms of fellow human >> beings >> existing at the unhealthy, absolute bottom of our socio/economic system; >> abandoned by the coal mining industry when veins ran thin and strip mining >> replaced the miners. >> >> 40 years after doing that work I still tear up thinking about those >> people's conditions. >> >> Interesting that our POTUS is talking, this week, about income inequality >> as the most important issue of time >> >> In terms of your color vs B&W versions of this photograph >> I find the color version garish and quite unnatural; >> so I prefer the black and white >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/