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Re: [OM] Now hold on a darn minute, here! [was IMGS: Color vs B&W]

Subject: Re: [OM] Now hold on a darn minute, here! [was IMGS: Color vs B&W]
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:58:35 -0400
I would love to see your conversion, Moose, but the link just gives me an
empty e-mail.

Thanks,

Tina

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 6/27/2017 7:01 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> Still scanning old Fuji RMS slides.  I thought I would prefer the B&W, but
>> in this case, I prefer the color:
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/165735387
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/165735388
>>
>> You??
>>
>
> This is an inaccurately labeled choice. Have you chosen the "Janis Joplin
> Backstage at the Fillmore" Tri-X pushed three stops filter? This is not a
> B&W conversion, but a re-interpretation. Artistically valid, 'though I
> don't much like it, but to my mind, mislabeled.
>
> A straight B&W conversion is wildly different, and a much fairer
> comparison to the color. <cid:part1.81A5F88C.C207FE53@gmail.com>
>
> 2. I see grain as an artifact of the imperfection of our image capture
> systems. I find it a distraction, not an attractive addition, to this kind
> of portrait. I also de-nuked the red dress.
>
> 3. A simple B&W conversion, remove color, don't change contrast, add
> grain, etc.
>
> 4. Although I like the tonalities in the color version, I find them a bit
> dark in B&W, so I lightened the middle.
>
> 5. Sans grain
>
> To my eye, a much harder choice.
>
> Justice Moose
>
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