No more colour! It's official

December 14, 2008 3:03 PM | Related Categories: Flowers and Trees

Yesterday I posted a colour photo. I spent a while adjusting the colours, which were rather subtle, and previewing the results in Mac and Windows browsers to try and get a best common denominator. However after looking at the image on several other peoples PC's I was amazed how much they still varied based on hardware and software. It's hopeless - I give up.

So here's some nice leaves that came back in a recent bunch of black and white negs.

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......I'm still chuckling; in fact trying not to laugh. This is almost about to become serious.
# Posted By Chuckeroon | 12/14/08 4:14 PM
... and the black, white and grey tones are the same everywhere? :-)

Have you finished with Venice?
# Posted By Peter | 12/14/08 8:07 PM
Peter - you are absolutely right of course, but remember that I have my prejudices to maintain! Seriously though, it never seems to matter so much with B+W. With colour, if you are attempting to create a particular effect, it is much more likely to be destroyed. With B+W most of it survives - in my opinion
# Posted By richard | 12/14/08 9:24 PM
Nah - not so nice leaves - but I don't like your photos in colour - too pedestrian!
I've said it before - I can't see you in the photo, if you do it in colour.
I like to think of you as refined and sophisticated (even though you use that word "bullocks").
Colour always seems so garish (which must be why I take all my photos in lurid shades!) and exuberant.
You don't have red hair, do you?
I think that would explain a lot.
# Posted By freefalling | 12/15/08 2:54 AM
Laetitia! Nice to see you - I've missed you and your comments. I have to say though that I have never used the word bullocks. Bollox and even bollocks but never bullocks. That's some kind of cow with no bollocks isn't it? Yes - I can't image Oz doing anything other than 100% technicolour - can you imagine Rules, or Ricky Ponting in black and white? Wouldn't be the same
# Posted By richard | 12/15/08 10:29 AM
Et oui Richard ! J'ai remarqué cela moi aussi et même en N&B tu as des différences, souviens toi de cette photo de l'intérieur d'un bar que tu avais postée, mon écran est sombre et je ne voyais pas bien les détails.
Dans la vraie vie de toute façon il en est de même : qui dit que tu ne vois pas vert ce que je vois bleu ? Et puis on perçoit les photos différemment : mes deux dernières photos avec le brouillard, certains les trouvent tristes et sombres, d'autre lumineuses. Ce n'est pas grave. Le principal est de ressentir quelque chose. Le pire pour une photo, même si elle est belle, est de laisser indifférent....
# Posted By Cergie | 12/16/08 8:23 PM
very nice picture!!!!!!! ;-)
# Posted By jean | 12/17/08 5:48 PM
Rules in B&W would be Collingwood and that is bollocks no matter how you misspell it!
# Posted By Julie | 12/18/08 2:18 PM
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