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01/20/2006 02:39:39 AM · #1 |
What is it that makes these images so colorful to me? no other images ive taken seem as colorful to me as these. what is it?
 
 
I would love to have other images i shoot to look half as vivid as these.
Message edited by author 2006-01-20 02:44:36. |
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01/20/2006 02:44:20 AM · #2 |
Did you do a long exposure? That sometimes brings out the colors of a night sky or at dusk and make them more vivid. And the odd, unnatural light the lamp is giving off makes the house glow in a sort of way that makes it stand out also.
Message edited by author 2006-01-20 02:47:57.
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01/20/2006 02:45:27 AM · #3 |
| yes, but ive tried this with other images and they dont seem as neat as this spot. |
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01/20/2006 02:45:39 AM · #4 |
| It's probably the fact that it's a long exposure (more vivid) and you have different light temperatures (that explains the diferent tones in shadows and highlights). |
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01/20/2006 02:46:25 AM · #5 |
Also the colors on several are close to complementary colors, so you get a nice contrast.
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01/20/2006 02:51:20 AM · #6 |
| What is the light that is used as the lamp in the parking lot? it seems to put a glow around the church. It does not seem as bright and luminescent as it does in the images. |
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01/20/2006 09:59:31 AM · #7 |
You've got or stumbled upon a good complimentary colour relationship. The warm orange and cool green/blue foreground elements work well together, creating a sense of colour depth and movement in the image.
If you want this to happen more often, it's worth learning about colour theory and using that as part of your compositions. It can make a huge difference between random chance and deliberate compositional strength. |
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01/20/2006 10:07:21 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
It's probably the fact that it's a long exposure (more vivid) and you have different light temperatures (that explains the diferent tones in shadows and highlights). |
I think it's something like this. This shot I took has lots of neat colours in it, but in reality, while walking through that hallway, all the lights are just different intensities of dull-white. But when I adjusted the levels of the shot, viola, the colours came out.
This shot of Coolhar's (which also happens to be my current all-time favourite photo on earth!) may also owe some of its colour to this effect??????????
Good question, I wonder about it too.
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01/20/2006 10:10:14 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by TooCool:
It's probably the fact that it's a long exposure (more vivid) and you have different light temperatures (that explains the diferent tones in shadows and highlights). |
I think it's something like this. This shot I took has lots of neat colours in it, but in reality, while walking through that hallway, all the lights are just different intensities of dull-white. But when I adjusted the levels of the shot, viola, the colours came out.
This shot of Coolhar's (which also happens to be my current all-time favourite photo on earth!) may also owe some of its colour to this effect??????????
Good question, I wonder about it too. |
Similar in both - cool/ blue greens complimenting with warm orange/yellows.
These combinations give a scene a lot of visual depth - the warm colours tend to come 'towards' the viewer, the cooler colours tend to retreat - but the end result is depth, dimension and more interest/ eye movement. |
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01/20/2006 11:22:47 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by TooCool:
It's probably the fact that it's a long exposure (more vivid) and you have different light temperatures (that explains the diferent tones in shadows and highlights). |
I think it's something like this. This shot I took has lots of neat colours in it, but in reality, while walking through that hallway, all the lights are just different intensities of dull-white. But when I adjusted the levels of the shot, viola, the colours came out.
This shot of Coolhar's (which also happens to be my current all-time favourite photo on earth!) may also owe some of its colour to this effect??????????
Good question, I wonder about it too. |
Similar in both - cool/ blue greens complimenting with warm orange/yellows.
These combinations give a scene a lot of visual depth - the warm colours tend to come 'towards' the viewer, the cooler colours tend to retreat - but the end result is depth, dimension and more interest/ eye movement. |
For some information on a similar effect in the movies, rent "Collateral" with Tom Cruise, watch it, pay attention to the lighting, then at the end, watch the making of in the extras.
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01/20/2006 11:51:28 AM · #11 |
A combination of the long exposure, the mercury vapor street lights, light bounce off the moon, and the ambience of the city may have alot to do with the color.
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01/20/2006 11:54:34 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by American_Horse:
A combination of the long exposure, the mercury vapor street lights, light bounce off the moon, and the ambience of the city may have alot to do with the color. |
Yup, the more mundane answer to why does the image have such funky colours is a mix of lights with different colour temperatures. Depends if that's the question, or if the question is why these particular colours are so effective :) |
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01/20/2006 02:26:15 PM · #13 |
| What lights work well together? |
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01/21/2006 12:31:43 PM · #14 |
BowerR64....
I am not accustomed to BIG words like \'mundane\', so hope this statement helps.
In the industry that I am involved with, and am trying to do less of, a DP (not DOP) will tell you that the world is imperfect, and so is light.
But, at the same breath, that DP will use mainly tungsten light (3200 Kelvin) or HMI light (5600 Kelvin).
The only time light is perfect is when a single photon of light leaves the star ( our sun ) it comes from and an travels its 8 minute journey to our planet Earth.
Once that photon reaches our atmosphere, that is when imperfection starts.
In my industry, we use tungsten light in many ways. Tungsten gives the impression of white light when at 3200 K and is the most flexible.tungsten comes in many, many shapes and sizes.
Tungsten can be dimmed shifting the color temp. It can be jelled changing the physical color, and its temperature. It can be papered, diffused, skipped, and bounced.
Tungsten can be used as a household lamp, or represent the sun.
HMI light has similar qualities as tungsten, but is used in alot of differant ways.
HMI are mainly used for outdoor stuff. This is not a rule of thumb, just a straight forward use of the equipment.
HMIs usually represent either sunlight during the day, or moonlight at night. When using HMIs during the day, depending on the time of day, CTO (corection temperature orange) is used to help supplement the sun.
Zenon light is also a 5500 K light that is used to repersent the sun as well, but in mostyl tight shafts, or pools of light.
Flourescnet tubes are the most color temperature flexible light that you will encounter. From 2900 K to 5500 K, \'flos\' are used in alot of differant ways including as a key light, office fixture, or a huge soft box light.
Other lights to encounter are sodium vapor lights that are usually in your gymnasium, or factory type buildings. Mecury vapor which is usually in your parking lots, Neon which is on your average store, or tavern, LEDs which are popping up everywhere you look especially on cars, and stop lights and the such.
So not to sound \'mundane\' to your query of what light works well together, unless you can control the light, picking and choosing within the constraints of a studio, don\'t worry about what works good together.
The world is imperfect. The best you can do is frame out, crop out, or \'flag\' out the offending light, and concentrate on your vision.
Hope I helped.
Message edited by author 2006-01-21 12:37:46.
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