Yep, B&W for me too. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:15:21AM -0400, frank theriault scripsit: >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/053-candy.jpg >> > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/053c-candy.jpg >> > "Candy" - San Francisco 2009 >> > Panasonic G1 + Olympus 25mm f/2.8 >> > ISO 100 @ f/5.6 @ 1/640 sec >> > >> > Comments always appreciated. >> >> I guess it depends on what you're wanting to project here. The colour >> version is a very cute Easter shot, the black and white version is >> slightly disquieting to me. Don't ask me why, but there's something >> sort of surreal and maybe just a bit scary about the B&W. > > The rabbit costume has head-shape (and I think angle-in-the-photo) > issues that make it look less like a rabbit and more like some sort of > giant, child-eating weasel. > > In the colour version, the happy bright easter colours and the coded > cultural response to them reduce (but do not, to my eye, eliminate) this > effect. > > In the black and white, the effect of the colours isn't present and the > impression of incipient violent carnivory is strengthened. > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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