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Not so enjoy
« on: June 20, 2018, 11:30:49 am »

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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2018, 12:27:02 pm »

B&W please.

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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2018, 04:39:31 pm »

B&W please.

What would be the benefit to convert to B+W? Where do you see the gain, Slobodan? I can try it out.
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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2018, 05:09:20 pm »

Color in this case introduces unnecessary distractions. B&W would allow you to darken and reduce contrast for everything but the girls (à la Eugene Smith). The same thing done with color just looks weird.

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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2018, 01:17:22 am »

I am not so fond of this one Ivo. It’s just don’t get it. First thing I thought was someone is going to run off with that bag.
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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2018, 04:50:49 am »

Color in this case introduces unnecessary distractions. B&W would allow you to darken and reduce contrast for everything but the girls (à la Eugene Smith). The same thing done with color just looks weird.

I will dig out the BW version. I remember I struggled with the red coke pub. Converting with red or orange filter made the pub to pale and overruled the girls. I give it another shot tonight and post the result.
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2018, 05:01:44 am »

I am not so fond of this one Ivo. It’s just don’t get it. First thing I thought was someone is going to run off with that bag.

I understand, this is probably an example of an image that needs context to survive.
It is shot on a black market. A very cumbersome social place where cheap and second hand is for sale. Live music is played in one hall and the fun is killed be the habituation of the regular customers.
These girls are there because mom is probably having fun shopping, ....
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2018, 05:03:30 am »

Ah, OK. I didn’t get any of that at all. Thanks.
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2018, 05:33:08 am »

Ah, OK. I didn’t get any of that at all. Thanks.

Than it is a fail, this image.
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2018, 09:40:52 am »

This is the kind of thing Slobodan was suggesting, Ivo. It gets rid of the color distractions and draws the viewer's eye to the faces. It's a long way from great street, but it's not awfully bad either.
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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2018, 09:49:22 am »

Than it is a fail, this image.

Hey you can’t take my opinion on it. I have been wrong about loads of stuff.
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2018, 10:06:21 am »

This is the kind of thing Slobodan was suggesting...

Plus a Farmer’s reducer for the background ;)

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« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2018, 10:12:04 am »

Plus a Farmer’s reducer for the background ;)

Wow. Haven’t heard that mentioned for a while. I think we slider for that now.
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« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2018, 10:22:04 am »

Plus a Farmer’s reducer for the background ;)

Well, that's what Gene Smith would do, Slobodan, but the balance looks pretty good without it. Once the color's gone your eye jumps to the faces. And yes, Gene's post-processing almost always produced incredible art.
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« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2018, 11:40:59 am »

Wow. Haven’t heard that mentioned for a while. I think we slider for that now.

Well, I played with Farmer reducer in my analogue time. As well as I used pyro to develop.
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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2018, 12:03:03 pm »

Yes so did I Russ. And by coincidence I did so after being inspired by Eugen Smith and trying to emulate his work methods.
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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2018, 12:24:34 pm »

C'mon guys, we must be confusing the hell out of kids reading this. There ARE youngsters on LuLa, right? Right!? ;)

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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2018, 05:49:35 pm »

We should ask the LuLa regular who goes by the handle "Farmer:" Did he invent Farmer's Reducer?   ;D

Actually, I tried Farmer's reducer a couple of times, back in the middle of the previous century, but I never liked it.
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« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2018, 07:08:04 pm »

C'mon guys, we must be confusing the hell out of kids reading this. There ARE youngsters on LuLa, right? Right!? ;)

Does young at heart count? ;)

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Re: Not so enjoy
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2018, 12:37:48 am »

And this image is supposed to be a showcase for ‘ street ‘ at LuLa?
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