right. so the smallest area of the photograph (ie, the minority of information) has a few midtones (trust me, I cropped just the face and the histogram wasnŽt so different) which means the majority of the shotŽs information is in the right most area. IŽm not frustrated over being labeled one thing or another, just misleading information. I disagree.
caleb condit wrote:
right. so the smallest area of the photograph (ie, the minority of information) has a few midtones (trust me, I cropped just the face and the histogram wasnŽt so different) which means the majority of the shotŽs information is in the right most area. IŽm not frustrated over being labeled one thing or another, just misleading information. I disagree.
If you examine the face crop and compare it to your original histogram, there is NO comparison between the two tonal distributions (well, in fact, there is - but you must know what the histograms actually represent in the image context) . The "cropped histogram" is on the left and the original histogram is on the right. In terms of "misleading information", I have no I idea what you are talking about.
Personally, I think this is very close to a "classical high key image". The part that bothers me (in terms of "high key") is the relatively large amount of dark hair. None the less, well done and in the true spirit of high key.
tonyfield wrote:
Personally, I think this is very close to a "classical high key image". The part that bothers me (in terms of "high key") is the relatively large amount of dark hair. None the less, well done and in the true spirit of high key.
Thanks Tonyfied I've done that a while ago, I didn't know high key stuff, I just use curve adjustment and level
oh and the fact that his face is the only part of the photo youŽll consider to make it high key. IŽll crop his pocket and weŽll just judge off of pockets from here on...
caleb condit wrote:
oh and the fact that his face is the only part of the photo youŽll consider to make it high key. IŽll crop his pocket and weŽll just judge off of pockets from here on...
No - the entire image is necessary. You completely miss the difference between a hot white background with a normal image and a high key photo. Both of your images have only a hot white background. If you make a 40x50 cm image with a white background and place a 4x5cm image of a black cat in the centre, you do NOT have a high key image. Conversely, if you make a 40x50 cm image with a black background and place a 4x5cm image of a white china cup in the centre, you do NOT have a low key image.
Please look at Nathan's and Britt's very good examples of high key. Both of these images many be alternately cropped - for example, including only the face - and still preserve the high key effect.
As Brian Lingle stated "There is no reason to be troubled over the fact that a portrait with a hot white background and medium key subject is not a high key photo, unless you're overly attached to the connotation conveyed by the term, high key."
