February 8: Frost

Frost covered my son's electric car. This is another attempt at high key photography. I also processed the image to bring out the dark and light portions.

[Maggiemae]

Interesting angles with the morning light and the white frost!

[Peter Dulis]

almost alien like :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I think I would call this more like low-key however I really like how the headlights look like cat eyes peering through the darkness.

[Dione Giorgio]

Nicely done.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice textures and patterns

[Daisy Miller]

@maggiemae @pdulis @craftymeg @sangwann Thank you for your comments.

[Daisy Miller]

@olivetreeann I am certainly struggling with my camera settings for low key and high key.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@daisymiller My rule of thumb is to go by the + and - dial. If I over-expose (+) a picture with enough light, it will be high key. If I under expose the shot (-), it will be low-key. Under natural conditions where I don't have to do that, high key is usually a very bright sunny day. I shoot towards the most light in the picture. If it's not a sunny day or I'm in a shadowy place the picture will lean towards low key. High key is always bright; low key dark. In terms of black and white, high key will always have an abundance of light/bright areas; low key will always have an abundance of darker areas, sometimes even black. I'm sure there are better technical approaches to these, but for me, this thought process has always worked. Keep at it though- it's good to keep trying and learning through the process of mastering it.