Why, Oh Why?
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The hands look so very cool.
39°26' 41" N, 76°48' 21" W39.444627 -76.805816
Day 171 of 365
My most likely submission for Assignment 3, Week 23 for
Take A Class With Dave and Dave .
Low Key. The opposite of High Key, this image will use darkness and shadow to stress the subject. The few light areas will caryy great weight in these images. We're building on Dave's Dark theme, but now technically and not philosophically.
I've done shots of this type in the past and I really like this style of photography. With the right lighting you can convey a lot of emotion that you can't in a regular snapshot (or at least that is how I feel about it).
Flash fired with ebay remote. 580EX II at 1/16 power 90 deg from camera axis.
Learn how to light at
Strobist .
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The angst jumps right out of this. The
lighting is fantastic, and the emotion is
raw. Great job.
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Great job on the lighting, it really
emphasizes the emotion of the photo.
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your chest looks awefully bright for a
low-key image. Maybe angle the light more
from behind, so it catches only the edges of
your body?
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Low key light shows the contours of an object
by throwing areas into light or shadow while
the fill light provides partial illumination
in the shadow areas to prevent a distracting
contrast between bright and dark. For
dramatic effects, one may wish the contrast
to be high — to emphasize the brightness of
the sun in a desert scene, to make a face
look rugged, seamed, and old, or to isolate
details in a mass of surrounding shadow. As applied to an image, it refers to one with
overall dark tones. A good low key image
nevertheless shows detail and contrast. The Look Back how much more shadow is in the image when I
rotate 90 degs away from the flash, but when
I tried to shoot in that position with this
pose it just wasn't an effective shot.
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Its a great photo....fabulous as always
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 365 Explored , and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Yes this shot is very impresive , surprising
!
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I agree with Sayla in the sense that maybe
too much area is lit (not that it is too
bright). I thought theres some magic number
or percent like you said, but I think its
personal pref. I would think for me that
10-15%, but thats just me. Seen next to a fellow photo of Take a class
with Dave & Dave. (? )
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Seen on your photo stream. (? )
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you are right, great negative space to
emphasize other elements...
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I agree, I think that it qualifies as lowkey, just personal observation. It is
still a great expressive image!
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Fascinating lighting. Great tension.
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Very cool. Power... anger/rage...
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Me gusta tu reflejo de angustia
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this pic speaks back
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Lenguaje corporal , and we'd love to have this added to the
group!
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Buen trabajo.
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