Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/09

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Subject: [Leica] B&W visualization
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:38:18 +0100
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If I like it, I photograph it. Obviously, I will not photograph colourful 
flowers with it but then again I don't often photograph flowers.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:29 PM, John McMaster wrote:

> So what makes you choose your subjects for the Texan Leica?
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> 
> You guys are way too intellectual. I look at the picture in LR. I click on 
> the B&W. If it looks better than color, I go with that. Otherwise not. Or 
> if there are ugly color casts that I cannot easily get rid of, then B&W.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> 
> 
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:34 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> I was just curious.  I know there are a lot of people who
>> convert their shots to B&W, and was wondering if they could actually
>> visualize the world in B&W literally using an EVF.
>> 
>> 
>> Aram
>> - - -
>> Old time cinematographers viewed a scene through a deep purple filter to 
>> wash out the color and see what it would look like in B&W. One was even 
>> incorporated in the viewfinder of the early Robot cameras. If you want to 
>> find one simply go to the oldest photo store in town and ask the oldest 
>> clerk if her has one in the junk box. I'm sure any deep colored camera 
>> filter will give much the same effect.
>> Larry Z
>> 
> 
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