Mangroves
The simplest of subject matter can be changed into fascinating images. The image below was a straight image from the camera. All that was done was to create a high contrast image to exagerate the normal contrast between black and white.
Photograph anything you like, do not be afraid of the unusual, you can make your image anything you want. You will find that individual control may turn the simplest subject into a fascinating image.
Yellow Winged Honeyeater
Black and white photography may be regarded as abstract photography as the image is not a true representarion of the original scene. A good black and white image will be expected to contain the full range of tones from complete black to complete white.
There are two methods of getting a black and white image. Firstly through the process of capturing the image in camera from a black and white film, this method has proven itself over many years of development. Secondly an image can be captured digitally and then processed to discard all the color information.
In general, excellent black and white images can be produced when there is strong shadow detail presented in the image and in particular when there is strong side lighting. In black and white images, contrast can be created by carefull selection of the camera angla and the angle of the lighting.
The effect of color on the black and white film can be changed by the use of colored filters. A red filter may give more contrast in a landscape. In fact many different colored filters can be used with black and white films.
This image of a Yellow Winged Honeyeater above was produced directly from a black and white negative.
Street Parade
Capturing color is all about making color predominate in the image. Colors in an image can be closely related to give the image harmony, or the colors may contrast to make the image stand out.
It is common for a splash of red in an image to make the whole image stand out. Some colors will give a warm feeling (orange and yellow), others will give a cool and calming feeling (green, blue and violet) and other may give us a hot feeling (red).
As discussed in our Principles of Photography section the color of the light source can alter the colors captured by the camera, so be aware of the color source illuminating the scene. See the menu to the right of this article for further information on color temperature.
This street parade scene above is highly saturated with a contrast of colors to give the scene impact.
Use of a polarising filter will eliminate reflections and will enhance the saturation of the colors in the image.
An increase in the saturation slider in Photoshop will also enhance the colors in the image.
Very strong effects of color can be acheived with contrasting fully saturated colors or even fully saturated complementry colors. The following are complementary colors:
The following images below illustrate some of the effects which can be obtained in using highly saturated colors together with a combination of colors to bring together the whole image. In general, the common theme in appealing color images is high saturation of the colors.
Flower Bed
This highly saturated garden bed is a mass of colors.
The spilt sweets in this scene combined with high saturation with a mix of many colors.
Rainbow Lorikeet
The Rainbow Lorikeet is a blaze of highly saturated colors.
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