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April 14, 2011 at 1:21 am #1322ElsinoreKeymaster
Photographs with strong contrast between light and dark, may be of any subject.
Theme suggestion kudos to ennuipoet–thanks!
April 14, 2011 at 1:32 am #16787KestranaParticipantI have no idea what I’m going to do for this
April 14, 2011 at 1:37 am #16786ElsinoreKeymasterMe neither–thankfully we have some time!
April 14, 2011 at 3:07 am #16910Plamadude30kParticipantI can’t wait for this one. I have one pic I took as soon as I voted for this theme that I love, but getting more is going to be difficult.
April 14, 2011 at 3:16 am #16909olavfParticipantI’m going to have to come up with something different than the low key stuff I’ve been doing lately…or maybe not 😉
April 14, 2011 at 3:20 am #16908clouddancerParticipantSilhouettes? Might try to get me some (never done them)
April 14, 2011 at 2:55 pm #16907KestranaParticipantI’ve got plenty of silhouettes but I guess I’m more unclear on what exactly is a valid entry for this theme. I’ll have to research.
April 14, 2011 at 3:50 pm #16906ravnosticParticipantIn the original theme thread, there’s a link to an article that explains the light staging, or the conditions that promote the effect naturally (golden hour, etc). I have oodles of ideas, and a chestful of archives–I do a lot of sunrise and sunset timed photography, which usually fit the bill, even if I didn’t know it at the time I took the shots.
April 14, 2011 at 3:55 pm #16904KestranaParticipantYeah I read the article but I didn’t find it definitive. Especially the portraiture, much of it didn’t look too different from average studio portraiture or low key lighting to me. Maybe what I’m thinking of as low key is pretty much the same thing.
April 14, 2011 at 11:16 pm #16905ennuipoetParticipantThese are the kinds of things I was thinking about:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/5428177740/
This is NOT a black and white contest, though obviously B&W works extremely well. Basically, it is open to your imagination, but stuff like this is Right Out:
April 14, 2011 at 11:40 pm #16903nobigdealParticipantHows about something like this?
April 15, 2011 at 2:56 am #16902ElsinoreKeymasterI think the emphasis is supposed to be on the play of light and shadow across the subject. In that photo, the subject is pretty well lit even if the background isn’t. But I’m still wrapping my mind around this one, so I could be wrong.
April 15, 2011 at 5:42 am #16901FarktographerParticipantI think the emphasis is supposed to be on the play of light and shadow across the subject. In that photo, the subject is pretty well lit even if the background isn’t. But I’m still wrapping my mind around this one, so I could be wrong.
Yeah, for this contest I’m taking it as the absence of light that’s supposed to be the most striking feature.
April 15, 2011 at 10:16 am #16900ennuipoetParticipantI think the emphasis is supposed to be on the play of light and shadow across the subject. In that photo, the subject is pretty well lit even if the background isn’t. But I’m still wrapping my mind around this one, so I could be wrong.
Yeah, for this contest I’m taking it as the absence of light that’s supposed to be the most striking feature.
Exactly! The composition should be about the shadows, not the light. If that makes any sense.
April 15, 2011 at 10:55 am #16899ElsinoreKeymasterWe might want to add some info about the shadows and play of shadows/light to the theme description to help clarify what you’re going for with it.
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