I've tried to come up with a low key picture for2020. I edit my picture in picasa but find it a bit limited.
Any suggestions you might have are always appreciated.
This is a good low-key shot. You may have made it even stronger by using a flashlight or some sort of directed light shining on to one of the candles and letting the others somewhat fade into the dark, but I think this looks fine. You could also play with the contrast a little to make the darks darker and the lights lighter but all these adjustments are purely artistic. If you accomplished the look you wanted here then I'd say leave it alone. Nice shot!
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann. I didn't use any flashlight or any other light. just darkened the last two candleholders. when I tried to get the second one darker the third one almost disappeared. I just don't know how I can work on one at a time.
@bruni I don't use Picasa so I'm not sure if they have the same features as my processing program does. In mine I can select different areas of the picture and work on them individually. It would be ok if you lost the detail on one or two of the candles- some low key shots do that. It's really up to you as to how dark you want to go with it.
have no idea what low light or high light mean yet. still trying to understand my camera and settings