Weekly Photography Challenge #493 High-Key

[Tersha]

The last part of our ‘Understanding Light’ month. …. High-Key.
High-key is mostly light, eliminating most of the shadows and dark tones. Flowers and minimalist photos work very well in high-key.

https://www.lightstalking.com/abstract-flower-photography/

https://www.lightstalking.com/diy-lighting-modifiers/

https://www.lightstalking.com/creating-beautifully-executed-high-key-photography/

[Click]

Pas de deux

[davidc]

Nice one Click. Is it from an exhibition?

[Joanne Van Praag]

[Tobie]

Lovely shot Joanne! 👌

[Joanne Van Praag]

Thank you x

[Pat Garrett]

Those eyes of wonderment. Just beautiful, soft and tender.

[davidc]

Super shot Joanne!

[Charmaine Joubert]

Etherial Dandelion

[davidc]

Looks like its flying high. Very nice Charmaine.

[JD]

Tiger Lily

[JD]

Apple Blossoms

[Pat Garrett]

JD, love the detail on the apple blossoms.

[davidc]

Good ones JD.

[Joseph M]

My snowmen.

[davidc]

Could make a tv show about the characters in this shot. 🙂

[Preston]

Boo Radley in high key

[Anne Hornsby]

Cool.  Preston did you darken the eyes after taking the image? Or lighten in pp?

[Preston]

Thanks Anne.  I lightened the eyes in pp.  The original image had a heck of a shadow on the left side to the point where the eye was almost black.  I worked this one pretty heavy to get the high-key look, but it wasn’t hard since it’s a light grey/white cat.

[davidc]

Looks a bit grumpy there Preston. 🙂

[Elaine Schmitt]

Never got this weeks challenge?

[Patrick]

[davidc]

Landing or taking off? Well caught Patrick.

[Patrick]

Landing here mate , thanks David.

[Dave Watkins]

[davidc]

Cool looking insect. Nice one Dave.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks David. I found this bumble bee on a thistle in eastern Oregon on a cold morning. The low temp allowed me to get up close without it flying off.

[Graham Hart]

[Tobie]

Beautiful James!

[Graham Hart]

Thanks Tobie. Who is James?

[Anne Hornsby]

Wonderful Graham. @diripics   Really captures the feel of canoeing in a quiet mist.

[Graham Hart]

Thanks Anne. Judging by your Avatar, you’d know too 🙂

[Preston]

Fantastic eye Graham! The serenity in this image is marvelous!

[Graham Hart]

Thanks Preston.

[davidc]

Well deserved picture of the week!

[David Chesterfield]

 

[David Chesterfield]

Eastern Water Dragon (Male)

[Tobie]

I like it David!

[Anne Hornsby]

@dchester1001    Wow.  High-key really works with this fellow.   I wish I’d thought to try it when shooting marine iguanas.

[davidc]

Very nice high-key dragon. 🙂

[ElinL]

Wait for me daddy !

[davidc]

It is like the baby bird is camouflaged. Nice catch.

[Andre P.]

[Tobie]

A lot of great shots above!

An oldie, but still one of my fav’s:

[davidc]

Very good shot Tobie. The action is superb.

[Tobie]

Taken in the same area as the oryxes above. The dynamic range demanded by the super bright desert sun was just way to wide for any camera to handle. The chicks in mom’s shade and mom’s gaping mouth says it all.

 

[Anne Hornsby]

@tobiepsg  Wow, the desert is perfect for high-key, eh?   I especially love the ostrich feather umbrella and the little ones.

[Tobie]

Yep, it is merciless Anne. It takes no casualties! 🙂

[David Chesterfield]

Cross Polarisation in High Key

 

[Anne Hornsby]

@dchester1001  Cool.  David, what is cross-polarization?

[David Chesterfield]

Hi Anne. Cross polarisation is where you have a polarised light source – using a polariser filter on a lamp as an example, and a polariser filter on your camera lens. It creates psychedelic patterns in clear plastics. Different effects are created by turning the polariser on the camera.

[Anne Hornsby]

Thanks, David.   Polarizing is another frontier for me…..

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Interesting phenomenon and beautiful David 🙂

[ElinL]

Fancy a bite ?

[Anne Hornsby]

@elax    Elin, the bit of color on Mom,, especially the electric red eye is perfect with the other muted, almost B&W hues.

[ElinL]

Thank you Anne 🙂

[Holly K]

Elin (the duck shot):  Such a pretty shot!  I like the way the branches and their reflection frame mom and baby.

[ElinL]

Thank you Holly. It´s a horned grebe, podiceps auritus (not a duck 😉

[Patrick]

Such a lovely moment you caught here Elin , lovely photo 😉

[ElinL]

Thank you Patrick 🙂

[Graham Hart]

Lovely capture Elin. Tells a nice story. It’s probably my overactive imagination but the waves and branches in the form of an arrow seem to add movement to the image too.

[ElinL]

Thank you Graham. I agree with you on the branches – tried to clone them out – felt the image better with them.

[davidc]

I can see them now. 🙂

[Anne Hornsby]

[ElinL]

Great shot Anne. Looks familiar, where is it taken ?

[Anne Hornsby]

@elax   Elin, it’s in Arctic Svalbard – can’t recall which island.

[Dave Watkins]

High Key Cosmos.

[Tersha]

High Key Epiphyllum…

[ElinL]

Not properly nested – how I hate this.

[ElinL]

Another failed attempt to reply to Anne and Holly. Can this bug not be fixed ?

[ElinL]

test test

I give up

[Anne Hornsby]

@elax    I agree this is a bug that really undermines LS.   You have to hit Reply to the entry to which you want to reply, wait for it to spin to the bottom, then return to the entry to which you want to reply — again —  and hit reply, and you should land at the right spot.

@admin

[ElinL]

Ah Anne – thank you 🙂

[Graham Hart]

And I thought it was just me. This bug is one of the reasons why I comment a lot less now. It’s just so bothersome and time consuming to do the actions as described by you Anne.

[Patrick]

[ElinL]

Great shot Patrick, perfect colours and sharpness. The oystercatcher is a lovely bird but does not like my drone..

[Patrick]

Thank you so much Elin , the Drone comment made me laugh 😉 , i was lucky to get to the coast ( a first in years ) and was determined to photograph one of these lovely Birds so i was very chuffed to come home with one or two i could keep , i enjoyed the coast so much but it was over all too fast ;).

[Dahlia Ambrose]

This is outstanding Patrick. Love it 🙂

[Patrick]

Thanks very much Dahlia i am really happy you like this , they are such a nice bird but fairly easy spooked it was  good to get a few keepers that day thanks again for your lovely comments 😉 .

[Graham Hart]

Having just failed miserably at my first serious attempt at bird photography, I have to say that this shot is great Patrick. The treatment you’ve given (borderless and white BG) it makes it seem like it flew in from the right of my screen and is heading out of the left side.

[Patrick]

Thank you Graham for your kind words very much appreciated mate , i love long, bright orange beak on these birds the look amazing when flying in group formation.

Back to the coast soon with so much variety it’s very addicting 😉

[davidc]

Super shot Patrick.

[Patrick]

Thanks very much David.

[Eric Schweitzer]

[Patrick]

Super photo Eric , so pleasing to look at great colour combo the softness in the yellow really sets those stamens off great , lovely work.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Beautiful and love the subtle colours 🙂

[Dave Watkins]

Terrific! Love that soft glow of yellow. Has the look of a cozy campfire. 🙂

[davidc]

Great colors Eric.

[Elaine Schmitt]

Purple Passion Flower with a bee.

[Bruce Gordon]

Epic shot Graham!

[Bruce Gordon]

Nicely done Eric!

[Bruce Gordon]

Nice catch Patrick! He’s looking at you, as well!

[Patrick]

Thanks a million Bruce 😉 much appreciate your kind words mate.

[E. Q. de Souza]

Rhododendron and bamboo bee.

 

[davidc]

I see.

[JasenkaG]

I love the composition and softness of this shot! Great portrait.

[davidc]

Thank you Jasenka. 🙂

[Patrick]

I love this David really great framing and same as Jasenka mentioned great softness , smashing work mate.

[davidc]

Many thanks Patrick.

[Tersha]

[Dave Watkins]

[Holly K]

I think this goat is smiling!  What a great shot.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks Holly. This doe was one of our favorites from our time in the business of breeding and selling goats. Year after year she was a great mom and gave us many great kids. She is one of just a few we kept after retiring from the farm. And I agree. I think she’s smiling. 🙂

[Tobie]

Interesting one – lovit!

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks Tobie. She’s a sweetheart. Her name is #27. 🙂

[Holly K]

[Holly K]

[E. Q. de Souza]

Hydrangea start blooming.

[Laura G]

[JasenkaG]

That’s a perfect example of a high key photograph!

[Laura G]

Beautiful shot davidc. So special..

[davidc]

Thank you Laura.

[Laura G]

ElinL high key beauty – the whole scene is serene, crystal clear and lovely

[Laura G]

Tobie I can almost feel the hot desert sun burning down on these oryx and the ostrich family. Wonderful.

[Nancyka]

[Tersha]

just sheep …

[Leesa]

My son’s dinosaur creation made in his school art class. He was 9 years at the time.

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[Patrick]

House martin

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