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Re: [OM] [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 11: dogs and beach -- addendum

Subject: Re: [OM] [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 11: dogs and beach -- addendum
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:58 +0100
Hi Ken,

First of all, thanks for looking and commenting.

As for the substance: yes, in the end I take the pictures the way I  
want to. But one of the reasons for posting them and asking for  
critique is to get ideas for improvement. If I feel strongly about  
some aspect of an image, whether color vs. monochrome, cropping or  
whatever, then I stick to my initial idea regardless of what others  
say. But in this case, once I had a look at the B&W version, I agreed  
with Chuck and others that it was better. When I took the picture, I  
did not make a conscious decision that it should be in color. But of  
course with digital cameras color is the default, so sometimes an  
image that would work better in B&W is presented in color just because  
it is the easy option. That was to some extent the case here, and so  
in a rare case, I was prepared to actually act on the suggestions.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Mar 23, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Ken Norton wrote:

>>
>> It looks good, Nathan, but I quite l like the original,
>> notwithstanding the colour -- that's how it is, after all.
>>
>
>
> Not to be a recalcitrant, but I agree.  I prefer the original.  My  
> reasoning
> is that it seems to fit what I am supposing is your artistic vision  
> better.
> You saw that scene in color, not B&W.  It's pretty cheeky of us to  
> impose
> our group-think onto your artistic vision.  You did the B&W  
> conversion to
> satisfy us, not yourself.
>
> AG
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