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~~~CTF Challenge 155 - High Contrast ~~~

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There seems to be some confusion on what constitutes a high contrast image. We probably all have our own ideas of what makes for a high contrast image but for me it does not mean that all our images have to be black and white nor do they have to be strictly high key or low key images. I found this link that might help explain my thoughts. What do you all think?

http://www.diyphotography.net/contrast
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CJ
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Me thinks:

1. For a black and white image the greys should be minimal or there should be a sharp transition between the greys, blacks & white.

2. In colour pictures the main palette should be on opposite sides of the colour wheel
3. Black with a dark colour or white with a dark colour could be high contrast

Main criterion is that the palette should be limited and opposite - black & white, red & blue so on.

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Debi
 
I think mine is a bit broader than yours as for example, red against either black or white would be high contrast to me, and colors wouldn't have to be on opposite sides of the color wheel to contrast but might be more a factor of brightness,.... but whose to say either of us is right or wrong! :-)
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CJ
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That discussion has helped a lot. You both make very good points. Now I am off to see if I can find a contrasty shot! Sharon

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..my blabbering is the result of training - 40 credits of art at Hunter College in NYC back in the 70's. So as Rod knows I tend to get a bit pedantic talking about esthetics and all and arguing about the "proper" meaning of "negative space".

Right now I'm to busy at work to participate much, esp in the forum - I'm actually in the office today for a migration of an Oracle server from windows to Unix. Yuk I don't know Unix.

Like most contributors to these challenges, I love to react to other art and learn from it too.
 
Eligible Gallery:
Late Light 158586 bytes
FlatiIron Building 159417 bytes
Coke ll 385586 bytes

Exhibition Gallery:
Winter Night 153695 bytes (95 over)
Painted Wall 154931 bytes
Somewhere 154858 bytes

These files need to be 153600 bytes maximum, kids.

I'll wait a while, then I'll smush 'em.

Cheers,
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'The chief enemy of creativity is good taste' --Pablo Picasso



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It's missing! My thumb is missing. grin

On the Exhibition gallery... I can't get my thumbnail image for "Nine" to show. I've regenerated several times... I've changed photos (didn't show on the other one either) and put the right one back... Can't get my thumbnail to show.

It's not a huge deal... but I don't understand it. sigh

Or perhaps it shows for everyone else except me?

Or perhaps I've finally lost the little mind I had left...

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The lower is too "blaring" for my taste. I prefer the upper of the two shots. I would make one change, however. For this Challenge the red vs. green makes it on topic, so I'd show the upper Coke can in a 'normal' red instead of the green tint and you don't have to "amp up" the contrast as you've done in the lower.

Just my $0.02
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Debi
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'The chief enemy of creativity is good taste' --Pablo Picasso



Gallery at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theentiremikey/
 
Just to confuse everyone more, here is the link to the CSLR challenge on high contrast! :-)

http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/cslr105_eligible

Using theses examples from a number of different photographers is why I don't think b/w images have to eliminate all the gray values and also why I feel color and b/w images can be high contrast without cranking up the contrast so much as to blow out the highlights or appear harsh. Some might argue that none of these examples exhibit high contrast, but that's what makes this all so interesting and fun as it would be boring if we all thought exactly alike and all our picys came out looking similarly processed. :-D
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CJ
Please visit my gallery - comments, critiques always appreciated! :-)
http://www.pbase.com/cj_in_ca
 
I wouldn't use that gallery as an example of high contrast, it's more pretty picys than anything else. If you compare our eligible to your link I think ours has a far greater content of quality high contrast picys.
Regards Rod
 
While some of the images don't appear very high contrast even by my broad definition, there are some good examples also. Look at the Exhibition gallery also as Lydia won Exhibition and there are some other examples of nice high contrast picys. :-)
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CJ
Please visit my gallery - comments, critiques always appreciated! :-)
http://www.pbase.com/cj_in_ca
 
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