Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/08

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Subject: [Leica] Street photography in B&W?
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 07:02:41 -0600
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Pointing a camera at a subject and pushing the shutter release is certainly 
an extremely easy act.
Auto exposure and auto focus make it essentially a thoughtless act. 
Requiring no thought until you see that the lens focused on the tree behind 
your two friends because the tree was in the middle of the frame and your 
friends weren't.

HOWEVER:

Fine, thoughtful, important color photography is certainly no "easier" than 
fine, thoughtful, important black and white photography.

The moment that you give the color in a photograph the attention it deserves 
"easy" evaporates into the pursuit of excellence.

a note off the iPad, George

On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just because
> color is possible and easy doesn't mean it's always the best choice!
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com) ([Leica] Street photography in B&W?)
Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Street photography in B&W?)