Today I tried Vikki's suggestion and set the camera up on the tri-pod and set the ISO to 100. I then tried different degrees of exposure to see what effect that would have on the picture. This was +3 and I liked it the best of all my attempts. The picture was taken in color so I converted it to black and white in post processing. I really like this result! Another curiosity to note- in week one Carren said that it was hard to capture different shades of red next to one another in high-key black and white. This is true here. Several of these utensils are red but you'd never know which ones from this picture.
did you set the camera to shoot in black and white? i find that if i shoot in monochrome as opposed to colour then converted to black and white, the tones are slightly different, especially skin tones. but i couldn't decide which one i like. :-)
this has nice gray tones, so consistent apart from that holey turner which is probably one of the reds. aces, ann!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian! @tracie8266 Thank you Tracie! @summerfield Thanks Vikki! I thought about putting it on black and white, but I don't usually like to shoot it that way. I'd rather switch it in the computer because I have more control over how the picture will look. Anyway, "the holey turner" is not red, it's black! The slotted spoon in the very front, the ladle, the spoon directly behind it that you only see the top of, and the scissor handles are all red (and not all the same shade). @maggiemae Thank you Maggie! I will definitely play with this setting again. But this week we can finally take "regular" black and white which I'm ready to do! @alia_801 Thanks Alia! I hadn't really given it much thought until I read his comment. Now I'll be noticing it all the time! @onewing Thank you Babs! @joansmor Thank you Joan! @cruiser Thank you Chris! I don't really take the time to go through the manual. I was trying too, but I've discovered I do much better with an "assignment" or following a suggestion someone has made. In this case it was use the tripod and set it up like this. So I did! @lyndamcg Thank you Lynda! I'm glad you are. I enjoy it too- that's why I keep doing it! @dibzgreasley Thanks Debs! I like the reading aspect of this book- it's very quick- but I sure wish he had examples! @cmp Thank you Catherine! @salza Thank you Sally! @wendyfrost Thank you Wendy! @grammyn Thanks Katy! @randystreat Thank you Kathy! I hope so- I'm no expert by any means but I've always found it encouraging when someone else shares what they've learned and the process of learning it. @daisymiller Thank you Daisy! I like to experiment and see what happens. If it's something I really like (like this) now I know how to do it again! @radiogirl Thank you Kathy!
this has nice gray tones, so consistent apart from that holey turner which is probably one of the reds. aces, ann!
@tracie8266 Thank you Tracie!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! I thought about putting it on black and white, but I don't usually like to shoot it that way. I'd rather switch it in the computer because I have more control over how the picture will look. Anyway, "the holey turner" is not red, it's black! The slotted spoon in the very front, the ladle, the spoon directly behind it that you only see the top of, and the scissor handles are all red (and not all the same shade).
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie! I will definitely play with this setting again. But this week we can finally take "regular" black and white which I'm ready to do!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia! I hadn't really given it much thought until I read his comment. Now I'll be noticing it all the time!
@onewing Thank you Babs!
@joansmor Thank you Joan!
@cruiser Thank you Chris! I don't really take the time to go through the manual. I was trying too, but I've discovered I do much better with an "assignment" or following a suggestion someone has made. In this case it was use the tripod and set it up like this. So I did!
@lyndamcg Thank you Lynda! I'm glad you are. I enjoy it too- that's why I keep doing it!
@dibzgreasley Thanks Debs! I like the reading aspect of this book- it's very quick- but I sure wish he had examples!
@cmp Thank you Catherine!
@salza Thank you Sally!
@wendyfrost Thank you Wendy!
@grammyn Thanks Katy!
@randystreat Thank you Kathy! I hope so- I'm no expert by any means but I've always found it encouraging when someone else shares what they've learned and the process of learning it.
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy! I like to experiment and see what happens. If it's something I really like (like this) now I know how to do it again!
@radiogirl Thank you Kathy!