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03/07/2007 11:49:42 AM · #1 |
Please don't post your own.
This image had a unique feel to it.
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classic low key in my opinion
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03/07/2007 11:52:13 AM · #2 |
| She looks like Casper the friendly Ghost :) |
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03/07/2007 11:54:17 AM · #3 |
The girl is a little spooky.
But that apple is awesome !
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03/07/2007 01:31:14 PM · #4 |
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03/07/2007 01:36:11 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by willhadl:
This image had a unique feel to it.
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Was more of a processing job rather than actual low Key photography.
Message edited by author 2007-03-07 13:36:35.
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03/07/2007 01:46:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by willhadl:
This image had a unique feel to it.
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Was more of a processing job rather than actual low Key photography. |
True but so are a lot of the blue ribbon winners on this site. Draganized (spelling?) people and street shots. Not to mention oversaturate sunsets on the beach. |
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03/07/2007 01:48:33 PM · #7 |
I also had this one as a 7. |
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03/07/2007 02:02:24 PM · #8 |
Obviously, based on this discussion title, all images - including low-key - should be exposed properly. That normally means that the black point and the white point are set at the upper and lower limits of the the specific image. Each image is unique.
That is the whole purpose of a "Levels" adjustment in Photoshop.
What happens in many low-key submissions at DPC is that photographers do NOT make a white point adjustment in order to make it look 'darker' and therefore 'more low-key'. More times than not, that is probably wrong.
The practical definition of low-key, and probably the one that best applies to a 'basic' challenge, is that a low-key image has more pixels on the left side of the histogram than the right. If it does then it 'meets the challenge' and is, by definition, low-key.
Everything else beyond low-key is what separates the 'good' images deserving of ribbons from the 'bad'.
Message edited by author 2007-03-07 14:03:41.
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03/07/2007 02:07:54 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Obviously, based on this discussion title, all images - including low-key - should be exposed properly. That normally means that the black point and the white point are set at the upper and lower limits of the the specific image. Each image is unique.
That is the whole purpose of a "Levels" adjustment in Photoshop.
What happens in many low-key submissions at DPC is that photographers do NOT make a white point adjustment in order to make it look 'darker' and therefore 'more low-key'. More times than not, that is probably wrong.
The practical definition of low-key, and probably the one that best applies to a 'basic' challenge, is that a low-key image has more pixels on the left side of the histogram than the right. If it does then it 'meets the challenge' and is, by definition, low-key.
Everything else beyond low-key is what separates the 'good' images deserving of ribbons from the 'bad'. |
What he said!
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03/07/2007 02:09:47 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by willhadl:
True but so are a lot of the blue ribbon winners on this site. Draganized (spelling?) people and street shots. Not to mention oversaturate sunsets on the beach. |
I have no problems with post-processing, but for technical challenges, I want to see an understanding of technique, as well as a pretty picture.
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03/07/2007 03:21:53 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by willhadl:
True but so are a lot of the blue ribbon winners on this site. Draganized (spelling?) people and street shots. Not to mention oversaturate sunsets on the beach. |
I have no problems with post-processing, but for technical challenges, I want to see an understanding of technique, as well as a pretty picture. |
I completely agree with that statement too.
Technically the ghostly image may not be a true low-key image, considering how the voting rewarded other non true low-key images this one could have placed higher. |
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