Low key maybe? :) (3 sets of 3 shots)

yes I am starting a new thread, so shoot me!

I feel like (even though I just bumped it up) the old thread has died and my reshoots won't get much attention sitting on page 3 there...

So, this thread is going to ahve a total of 9 shots in it... They are going to be 3 sets of 3... Each set of 3 will have (in this order) the original, the color edited, the b&w edited...

Group 1.







Group 2.







Group 3.








I metered off of the lower right corner of the shade of the lamp for exposure... Almost every time, it said I was at a good exposure (the line was under the 0)... I also used the histogram... There was a high peak at the left of the histogram, no clipping to the right and also pretty much flat other than the peak on the left (after googling images of low-key histograms, that was what it was supposed to look like unless google lied to me...) I played with settings, focal points, etc... I ended up cropping them all about the same though due to lights being in the way, light "blockers" being in the way... So, this is what I'm left with

HOPEFULLY Someone will be able to give me good news now

 

anyone?

Are any of them at least minor improvement? :/

 

I like all 3 black and whites

 

i cant find the focus point in the second 2 groups. and i think the dof is too shallow in all three.
the lighting is pretty nice though not a big difference between them. groups 2 and 3 at least
i would deff say 1st group is the best, shots 1 and 2 IMO

 

the focus point (because I stopped paying attention and was getting frustrated at this point ... shots 50+ of this reshoot) seems to be the top right corner of the glass part of the lamp in groups 2 & 3...

 

What is your obsession with low key about?

 

dominantly's school

it was the assignment for this week...

so far I've failed miserably and I refuse to fail

 

Low key images are fairly difficult for beginners.
Don't become discouraged over this.
It's more important what you learn in the process.

So....What have you learned?

 

I have learned that lighting is a ***** and even when you think you have it...

you don't



lol

in all seriousness: I have learned how to control my lighting and make it do what I want it to do, i've learned how to PP a little, and I've learned how to do custom white balance... i've learned how the settings work with each other... Wow.. all that in 2 weeks lol

 

Lighting is a *****, and it's such a key player.
(did you see what I did there?)

I don't want to be one of those people who only use available light. I want to learn to control it!


I am saving up for triggers and another flash, so I can start playing myself. So many ideas...

So little freakin' time!

 

heh - is it a matter of time? or a matter of money?

 

Both, but more about time and energy right now.