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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Ruby, Color and B&W
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 17:33:39 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1DUxbXT8xB_kpb4hiCcNKdwiTVdCZUzq7rtxoX+SPuFqw@mail.gmail.com> <1237DE0D-3DCE-4DB0-A4A0-F63CAB988AC8@icloud.com> <CA+yJO1Cb1qKdj4ANPDTe2LXnwhdKOx0Ot_yRtrvaDr1Ex3YX7g@mail.gmail.com> <07ADA08F-55B9-4B81-BFFF-B343A2F879C9@frozenlight.eu>

But it is not converted.  The B&W is a TMY scanned negative.  Maybe I need
to add some contrast?

Thanks,

Tina


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
> >
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>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
>
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>
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMGS: Ruby, Color and B&W)
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