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09/27/2006 12:52:14 AM · #1 |
Hey, a chance to redeem myself from a poor showing in High Contrast I...
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09/27/2006 12:53:14 AM · #2 |
Poor bugs I bet they were murdered after you got that score. :P
ETA: Umm 5.8? I was expecting to see a much lower score. I wish I could cast off 5.8s as bad scores!
Message edited by author 2006-09-27 00:54:10. |
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09/27/2006 12:55:53 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Hey, a chance to redeem myself from a poor showing in High Contrast I...
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Doc, it is amazing, and inspiring to see how far you have come. I am so used to seeing great shots from you, I forget that you and the rest of the ribbon winners had to start somewhere!
Thanks! |
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09/27/2006 12:58:02 AM · #4 |
No, actually those bugs were quite alive. The ladybug was sorta stationary (like ladybugs tend to be) and I was able to wrangle the box elder beetle with a pair of forecepts. Yah! Get along little doggie!
I guess the score wasn't too bad, but it was one I felt people misunderstood (or I misunderstood the challenge). I was going for the high contrast of color (instead of the standard B&W) and was thinking it could be a high score. I hadn't gone over 6 at that point and thought this was "the one"... |
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09/27/2006 02:01:37 AM · #5 |
| I am sooooo looking forward to this! |
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09/27/2006 04:34:59 AM · #6 |
| I don't think I've ever been the first one to submit before! |
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09/27/2006 09:49:06 AM · #7 |
For anybody looking for some BW ideas... here is a site.
Not much mid tones, but tons of highlight and shadow. HEE HEE - my kinda stuff.
//www.pbase.com/madlights/high_contrast_photography |
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09/27/2006 10:25:03 AM · #8 |
i was looking at previsous high contrast challenge and i was stunned with photos in it :-) , really awesome !
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09/27/2006 10:43:22 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
For anybody looking for some BW ideas... here is a site. |
Anyone know of a High-Contrast Color gallery? |
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09/27/2006 10:50:33 AM · #10 |
| Probably go to //www.flickr.com and put in "color" and you could find some. |
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09/27/2006 01:02:52 PM · #11 |
| link to the first High Contrast challenge |
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09/27/2006 04:05:03 PM · #12 |
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09/28/2006 11:17:11 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Ok, should we get this over with now? ... |
What? No takers? High Contrast II starts voting in roughly 6 days.
Plenty of time yet to toss all those various definitions of high contrast out there prior to voting time.
...or does everyone want to wait until voting starts and THEN make your pitch to influence voters toward the type of high contrast approach that best suits you? Oops. That's right, nobody would even think of doing that. Silly me. :P
Ok. I'll start. I think high contrast works best with a B/W presentation.
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09/28/2006 11:20:47 AM · #14 |
| Don't even bother to submit. I just entered the blue ribbon shot. Save yourself a few shutter clicks! |
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09/28/2006 12:26:24 PM · #15 |
| Is there a difference between high contrast and high key? On other sites I have seen examples of high contrast that are close to that of pen & ink, whereas here on DPC there are beautiful works with much less contrast. I personally prefer those here on DPC but I suppose there is a place for the extremely high contrast works. |
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09/28/2006 12:32:12 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Don't even bother to submit. I just entered the blue ribbon shot. Save yourself a few shutter clicks! |
He-he. You're funny! :D You're also forgetting there's room for three photos on the front page...don't be greedy!
So anyway, what's your perception of a properly done high contrast shot, blue ribbon guru that you are and all. ;^) |
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09/28/2006 12:33:53 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by dfstevenson:
Is there a difference between high contrast and high key? |
Yes. |
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09/28/2006 12:37:13 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
what's your perception of a properly done high contrast shot, blue ribbon guru that you are and all. ;^) |
Retina shattering differences between the lights and darks with not a lot of tones in between.
Doesn't necessarily have to be black and white, but I would guess there will be a lot of BW shots in the challenge (and some shots by people contrasting old people with kids, etc).
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09/28/2006 01:31:10 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by dfstevenson:
Is there a difference between high contrast and high key? |
Yes. |
Can you elaborate? |
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09/28/2006 01:47:15 PM · #20 |
It is a safe bet that, once again, there will be as much disagreement about what constitutes "high contrast" in this challenge as there was in the first one. People forget. We will revisit the issues of luminosity differences, steep slope histograms, contrasting colors and opposing elements within a composition.
This quote from the last discussion perhaps defines high contrast best:
Originally posted by Pedro:
a : juxtaposition of dissimilar elements (as color, tone, or emotion) in a work of art
b : degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture |
A recommendation... avoid the urge to be subtle!
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09/28/2006 01:58:10 PM · #21 |
Nice link but you probably already know that type of stuff wouldn't do very well in the challenge. Looking at High Contrast I it's clear to me the voters preferred just a pinch of high contrast nothing more. |
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09/28/2006 01:59:56 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
A recommendation... avoid the urge to be subtle! |
I would agree. While it may be a great photo. I don't think a photo of a old and young person may show contrast i don't thing it would score high if that is what you want. |
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09/28/2006 02:13:08 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
I would agree. While it may be a great photo. I don't think a photo of a old and young person may show contrast i don't thing it would score high |
I guarantee you that depending on how it were processed, it would have a great shot at taking the blue even being completely irrelevant to the challenge. |
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09/28/2006 02:36:22 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
I would agree. While it may be a great photo. I don't think a photo of a old and young person may show contrast i don't thing it would score high |
I guarantee you that depending on how it were processed, it would have a great shot at taking the blue even being completely irrelevant to the challenge. |
well it wouldn't be the first time but you would be taking a chance. |
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09/29/2006 01:47:34 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
what's your perception of a properly done high contrast shot, blue ribbon guru that you are and all. ;^) |
Retina shattering differences between the lights and darks with not a lot of tones in between.
Doesn't necessarily have to be black and white, but I would guess there will be a lot of BW shots in the challenge (and some shots by people contrasting old people with kids, etc). |
So would this fall into a high contrast category?
//imagesocket.com/view/anti_portrait6a6.jpg |
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