Originally Posted by Jeffro I haven't been able to participate lately, but I managed to stop in and vote this round. Good luck everyone.

Ditto

Don

Originally Posted by Jenn Thanks for all the info ... I'll pay more attention to the histogram next time. I'm thinking I don't really like many high key pictures because they don't have much color in them, although I did like the guys photo of the bride with the flowers.

How about this shot? I really liked this challenge- it has especially helped me to see landscapes in a new way, even though I didn't work with them. I always read about a dramatic image needing a wide tonal range, but what I've read about during this challenge is making me re-think that.

I'm not saying this is the best example, but it's one I have, that I'm taking a new look at now, I kept trying to process it to make a more dramatic range, even though it was shot mid-day with few shadows and a lot of dust haze and smoke in the distance. Now I'm thinking that I was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, and I should embrace the high key.


and the histogram

Originally Posted by kolibri How about this shot? I really liked this challenge- and the histogram

It's a nice example for me to see and compare what you're describing. My histogram box in my photoshop doesn't have the 0 ^ ^ 255 bar on it tho .. it has the graph and the text below the graph like yours and the value it's measuring in the top drop down. At least I can see the Mean number and what the graph is supposed to look like. Thanks!

Originally Posted by JAG high-key adj (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (of a photograph, painting, etc.) having a predominance of light grey tones or light colours.

Yeah,... "one of the important aspect of the highkey scenario is a low contrast on the subject ", as I learned in the the High-Key assignment (on Dgrin, leaded by Nicolai).

Here is the link to High-Key assignment I participated in:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=115611

I finally passed the test, with this image, with comments on the shadows that shouldn't have been there:
(A high-key image consists primarily of light tones, without dark shadows.)



What I mainly see in the challenges gallery are photos with strong contrast and a lot of black, against an almost unrealistic white background.

Based on the information above, there are only few entries that qualify as high-key images, and I'll post my comments on them (hopefully tomorrow). This doesn't mean that I really know what a high-key image should look like...

Interesting how much convo is going on now, after the challenge closed.... I actually posted a little blog with my high key choices; it may be interesting to some...I didn't get into technicality---despite all the technology around me with LR and such, I am not a technical shooter. Possibly a bad thing, but I shoot from my gut, or my heart... While knowledge of a thing is truly an important part, the other, the emotional part, is what generally gets me.
JMHO...
http://rteest42.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/high-key/

I have put off voting until I could read more about high key photography but with the variety of interpretations and the examples Joyce posted (that include some subjects with dark tones), my parameters for what qualifies as high key (for the purpose of my voting) will be relatively broad.

Tatiana, I really appreciate your sharing this link to Nicolai's high key assignment. I have done several of Nicolai's assignments in the past but missed this one, and the information is very helpful.

Appreciate all the comments folks are making to help everyone explore this topic further!

Gretchen

Originally Posted by photo-funtasia Yeah,... "one of the important aspect of the highkey scenario is a low contrast on the subject ", as I learned in the the High-Key assignment (on Dgrin, leaded by Nicolai). Here is the link to High-Key assignment I participated in: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=115611 I finally passed the test, with this image, with comments on the shadows that shouldn't have been there: (A high-key image consists primarily of light tones, without dark shadows.) What I mainly see in the challenges gallery are photos with strong contrast and a lot of black, against an almost unrealistic white background. Based on the information above, there are only few entries that qualify as high-key images, and I'll post my comments on them (hopefully tomorrow). This doesn't mean that I really know what a high-key image should look like...

Congratulations to rteest42 and cbbr!

rteest42 - Innocence


cbbr - High Key Puppy





We have a tie for the first placing, so that means another 24 hour voting poll will go up between rteest42 and cbbr to decide first and second places! A very close round this time!

Awesome round everyone!

The following photographers are now qualified to participate in Mega Challenge #17.

rteest42
cbbr
cromwell
PedalGirl
RevLinePhoto

Congrates to all the top 5 and to those who participated and commented a big thank you!
Winning PM's will be sent out ASAP after the poll closes for first and second.

Congrats to the Mega qualifiers! Well done!

Kudos to Cbbr and rteest42! Both top notch photos!

Been a while since we had a vote-off! Congrats to the top 6! I've enjoyed the conversation over this topic.

Congrats to rteest42 and all of the other winners and thanks for the votes! So now its the ultimate battle right - Puppy V Baby -

Yup, Cbbr...Baby Vs. Puppy.... lol....

Congratulations to the top six! Well done.

Congratulations to the top 5 and especially to cbbr and rteest42 for their great photos!

Congratulations everyone! Kick in the pants - I voted for a winning entry that beat me by one vote!

Congrats you two, reminder to self shoot cute and cudly next time it always wins out.

Well that was quite a round, learning about high key. I feel like I have a better idea now. Congratulations to the winners and really love the top two images. GP

Can't wait to see who takes the top spot in the run off. :) Congrats to the top finishers! Thanks for the votes as well!

Originally Posted by RevLinePhoto Congrats you two, reminder to self shoot cute and cudly next time it always wins out.

Not always ;)

I hope more people comment on the photos.

Congratulations to all the winners. Very well done!!

Congratulations Trish and all winners