Re: Re: Define Monochrome

2008-08-22 Thread Jens
I guess you are right, PJ. But today very few people work with chemicals, although I know a few, that still do. I wonder if I can actually buy printing paper, toned in Sephia or blue? BTW: Sephia was originally Octopus ink. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jens Subject: Re: RE: Define Monochrome Hello list, Thanks very much for all your answers. This has become an intresting thread. I was just wondering. Many photographic societies have colour and monochrome as categories for exibitions and contests. I

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:59 AM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet if Scott ran a Monochrome PUG, you would get some sort of consensus. Consensus? On this list? ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-21 Thread Jens
: - Original Message - From: Jens Subject: Re: RE: Define Monochrome Hello list, Thanks very much for all your answers. This has become an intresting thread. I was just wondering. Many photographic societies have colour and monochrome as categories for exibitions and contests

RE: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-21 Thread Bob W
Hello list, Thanks very much for all your answers. This has become an intresting thread. I was just wondering. Many photographic societies have colour and monochrome as categories for exibitions and contests. I wanted to know if there is a gerally accepted definiton - and why.

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: RE: Define Monochrome Wherever 3 PDMLers are gathered together, you will find at least 4 opinions. Hell, when Tom C and I got together last year there were two of us and seven opinions. We were Wiser for it. William Robb -- PDML

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-20 Thread Jens
Thanks Bob ans William. Your opinions surely differ. I think I'll go with Williams definition. Because WHITE IS a color. Black is not. I believe monochrome means painting with one colour - usually white, but it could be any other colour. The base on which I can paint is black, which is not a

RE: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-20 Thread Bob W
Up to you, of course, but Bill's notion about a substrate is mistaken. According to the Munsell system, colour can be described using values of hue, saturation and tone. Hue is the 'colour' as we normally use the term - red, green, yellow, whatever. Saturation is the extent to which the hue

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: RE: Define Monochrome Up to you, of course, but Bill's notion about a substrate is mistaken. Without a substrate of some sort, you don't really have a picture, do you? I meant that the substrate is generally white, if that helps

Re: RE: Define Monochrome

2008-08-20 Thread Jens
Hello list, Thanks very much for all your answers. This has become an intresting thread. I was just wondering. Many photographic societies have colour and monochrome as categories for exibitions and contests. I wanted to know if there is a gerally accepted definiton - and why. Apparently