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File:Rail tracks - high-key light.jpg[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2017 at 18:38:21 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Industry
Info Testing, testing... Is FPC ready for an industrial high-key photo? I did not consider making this a high-key photo until I got home and saw the result from the photo session on my computer. The light that overcast evening had done some rather strange things with the track photos, leaving them with a lot of white and sharp contrasts, so taking it one step further was a fun no-brainer. Alright, I've put on my protective gear so bring on the reviews! (And yes, Daniel, I thought about calling it "Railway to Heaven" but such a name is not in line with COM policy. ;) ) All my me, -- cart-Talk 18:38, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Support -- cart-Talk 18:38, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Oppose I'm sorry but imho burning a picture does not constitute high key. -- KennyOMG (talk) 20:35, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Question - What is high-key, then? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:34, 8 June 2017 (UTC)- +1. I thought it was the end-product that counted but maybe it's like with Champagne, it has to be made in a specific way to be called that. (Btw, this is one of the original photos.) --cart-Talk 21:39, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
- Since I'm not a pro take this with a grain of salt, but to me high key is all about forms and shapes while low key is about silhouettes and endges. To me it's helpful to think of high key as "high fill" and low key as "low fill", as in: imagine a classic 3 or 4 light setup; high key will be with high fill when you blast the subject from both sides to make the shadows disappear and for low key just take away the fill and dial down the key (or even take that away as well, and rely on backlight like here). Also while high key usually comes with overexposure it shouldn't burn, preferably. Anyhow, the way this specific picture could work as high key, imho, is if 1) it was blanketed with
snotSNOW! SNOW! and only the crown of the tracks would show or 2) in very thick fog where the vanishing point iss only meters away. My $0.02.
- eta: maybe google high key landscape to get a better idea of what I'm saying.-- KennyOMG (talk) 16:30, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- "...blanketed with snot"... Ew! I'm trying to get rid of that picture in my head!
Thanks for the info and the laugh (I know it's a dreadful typo). --cart-Talk 18:04, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- Times when you wish there was no history of your edits on com. Sigh... :) -- KennyOMG (talk) 19:05, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- "...blanketed with snot"... Ew! I'm trying to get rid of that picture in my head!
- Since I'm not a pro take this with a grain of salt, but to me high key is all about forms and shapes while low key is about silhouettes and endges. To me it's helpful to think of high key as "high fill" and low key as "low fill", as in: imagine a classic 3 or 4 light setup; high key will be with high fill when you blast the subject from both sides to make the shadows disappear and for low key just take away the fill and dial down the key (or even take that away as well, and rely on backlight like here). Also while high key usually comes with overexposure it shouldn't burn, preferably. Anyhow, the way this specific picture could work as high key, imho, is if 1) it was blanketed with
- Support A good illustration of what burning can do to a photo ... Daniel Case (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose Sorry Cart, as much as I enjoy your fresh ideas (by all means please keep 'em coming!) this one doesn't really work for me. And then there's also this discussion we had not too long ago about featuring photos taken on railway tracks … --El Grafo (talk) 07:15, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- No worries, you won't escape my tests and ideas. :) Just to make it clear: This is not an active railway. In spite of that I have put no less than two caution texts on the file's page. --cart-Talk 08:01, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- Shame on me: I didn't scroll down to the description :-/ --El Grafo (talk) 12:05, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- Oppose cool effect but the tracks are...well...not exciting. If it was one infinite track...uh huh. Blowing out the whites is fun, so can we also use a tea stain effect or are color adjustments like that a no-no? Atsme 📞 03:14, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
- Not sure actually, but we've had some interesting photographic techniques here from time to time. This is just me testing, you can't blame a girl for trying.
--cart-Talk 14:33, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
- Not sure actually, but we've had some interesting photographic techniques here from time to time. This is just me testing, you can't blame a girl for trying.
I withdraw my nomination I think we're done with this now. Thanks for all advice and comments! --cart-Talk 16:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
