Craigderroch Castle
- December 7, 2007
This shot was taken in mid October from our living room.
I have been working on a few custom shooting modes on my 30D. One in particular which you'll be seeing more of is a high contrast / low saturation combination. The reason why I like this combo is because I enjoy the more dramatic shadows, and the contrast boost provides that. The contrast boost also leaves your photo looking a bit too saturated (over-coloured) so to compensate I've lowered the saturation at the same time. Sometimes this can make people look really intense, or in weird lighting, dead, but for artistic non-human shots it is working out very well.
The above shot would not look very good in the combo mode. The shot above is based on a lot of similar light, and the obfuscation that it provides. Contrast kills this and many other ambient lighting situations. Anyway enjoy your Friday!
Posted by davin on December 7, 2007 11:39 AM | Permalink
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interesting. i shoot with a 30d as well.
Joel, Cool beans. Any custom shooting modes that you use regularly?
davin, no, but i noticed i could set them up in the menu. you've reminded me to play around with it again. thanks!
there is one thing i do somewhat regularly, the "feathered selection blur" i mentioned on the "coastal" post. you can see some examples in my shots: the first and third photos in this album: http://reveler.lhiver.com (02 - ko samet)
fyi - this site will document our travels for the coming year... we left calgary (home), stopped in vancouver (my hometown) for a week, and then we holidayed briefly in thailand before we moved to china (where we are working and teaching).
oops. i meant the 1st and 3rd shots in the "01 - bangkok" album.
Ah yeah - that is a cool effect, makes everything look miniature the way you've used it. Cool angles..
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