Maybe it's because we actually see in colour, and it seems unnecessarily restrictive to eliminate that information? Even, possibly, counter-productive; when the absence of colour becomes the principle feature of the image, it takes attention away from the actual subject matter.
I find the B&W purists about as convincing as any other zealots. If they choose to value things that way, so be it. But don't try to persuade me that theirs is the one true way. And attempting to belittle a different choice by intimating that anyone who appreciates colour photographs is an ignoramus seduced by over- saturated REDS is the sort of strawman argument I would expect to hear from someone who can't come up with anything more convincing. On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 05:20:15AM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: > I'm forever surprised to encounter those who don't seem to relate to photos > unless they contain bright colors. Preferably screaming REDS. > Why, indeed! > > Jack > > --- On Mon, 2/28/11, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: frank theriault <[email protected]> > > Subject: The Death Penalty > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 7:20 PM > > I'm totally against the death penalty > > (sorry for starting a political thread). > > > > But in the case of the person who colourized this photo: > > > > http://alaintruong.canalblog.com/archives/2009/04/15/13399690.html > > > > I say, "string him up!" > > > > When I was answering Darren Addy on another thread, I was > > looking for > > a proper rendition of this masterpiece to tack onto my > > reply.? When > > doing a Google search I came across this (there were a few > > others that > > were colourized, too). > > > > Why would anyone do this? > > > > Why? > > > > I'm outraged. > > > > <rant over> > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."? -Henri > > Cartier-Bresson > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
