----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Franklin Stregevsky" Subject: RE: The Hundred Percenters
> I have a question for the hundred percenters. Let's say you viewed the > following on a good color monitor: > > - a dozen high-quality images that had been shot with black and white film, > > and > > - a dozen high-quality images that had been shot with color print film, then > saved in grayscale. > > Then I asked you to tell me, "Which 12 were shot in black and white?" > > Of the 12 you chose, how many would be the "real" black and white shots? > > You can see where I'm going here: I doubt many of you would score very well. > I'll bet that at least four of your dozen choices would turn out to have > been shot in color. > > For photographers who, like me, are more concerned with getting a great JPEG > (which thousands can view) than getting a great print (which few will ever > view), color offers a way to "have it all"--to present an image in color or > black-and-white, and filtering techniques that are not available to the > black-and-white shooter. Unfortunately, since there is no way to view an image on a computer monitor without taking an extremely hich quality loss, the arguement is moot. Making the presumption that images should be made for the widest possible distribution at the lowest possible quality is pretty derogatory to those who view quality as job one. There is still a huge number of photographers who are interested in the highest quality standard possible. William Robb
