As you so rightly say Moose: it's a matter of taste.
I prefer the mono film because it is less distracting I suppose. I
find some colour images "plain vanilla" whereas many of the Graham's
mono shots have an immdiacy that is much more interesting.
Chris
On 18 Mar 2005, at 10:31, Moose wrote:
> GeeBee wrote:
>
>> Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 21mm f2 : red filter : Kodak T400CN
>>
>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05078.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> Same shot different film
>> Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 21mm f2 : Agfa Vista 200
>>
>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05079.htm
>>
> I love your images of English countryside, churches, villages, etc. an
> am always looking forward to the next shot. In most cases where you
> post
> both, I prefer the color, as I do here. I understand this to be a
> matter
> of taste with which others will disagree.
>
> As another matter of taste, I find the flat, ghostly images of some
> buildings, especially some of the wonderful churches, odd and out of
> balance with the rest of the image in some of the shots.
>
> I have suspected for some time that this is a result of using a red
> filter on buildings with significant red tones in the stone or brick.
> This pair of images provides a great example of what I am talking
> about.
> The bridge is a major part of the (excellent) composition, yet is flat
> and washed out in the B&W shot. In color, it has all kinds of detail
> and
> texture.
>
> I've taken the liberty of taking the color shot and simply desaturating
> it. No fancy tricks of balancing the channels, which might work better.
> Then I put it next to the red filtered B&W. Like I said, it's a matter
> of taste, but overall I prefer the unfiltered shot. The bridge is much
> more interesting, even though slightly smaller, as is the foreground
> foliage. Sky is about the same. The one thing I like better in the
> filtered shot is the stronger contrast of the branches of the big tree
> against sky and other background
> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/ToRedorN.htm>.
>
> To me, the results of the red filter are wonderful on shots like #76,
> but trickier on shots like #74, where I imagine the wall across the
> sluice and the church behind it would be more 'real' and interesting
> without the filter.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Moose
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