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Re: [OM] IMG: Composing in B&W

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:30:52 -0600
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With all of the recent discussion of B&W images on the LUG, I decided to
> see if changing the EVF and LCD to B&W helped in creating B&W images.
> With a Summitar from the 1940s on the X-E1, this seemed appropriate.
>
> These two images were composed in B&W, then processed from the RAW image
> and converted to B&W.  I liked the result.  Maybe the B&W finder does
> improve "seeing" the final image.
>
> Mirror:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mirror.jpg.html
>
> Lamp:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lamp.jpg.html
>
> For me, the mirror one works, the lamp one doesn't.  There's so much
texture and detail that, for me, color would help define different items
and points of focus.

But the mirror is very clearly the subject and the tones all work together.
-- 

Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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