Thursday, March 5, 2015

Backlit Freesia: Photo Pair for Be Still #8

The topic for this week's lesson the Be Still 52 still life class is back lighting. It's not something I have played around with much at all before. At least not on purpose! I'm a full frontal light kind of gal usually. But I do like how this class is stretching me to try new things. One of my biggest take-aways is that the back lighting needs to be filtered or muted in some way - here I simply closed the curtain.
The back lighting definitely gives a moodier, dreamier feel to the photographs. For both of these, I only cropped and sharpened them. Otherwise, left them SOOC ("straight out of the camera"), not adjusting the brightness or contrast or color saturation the way I usually might. For comparison, here's another shot (in a different window) where I did adjust these things:
It's pretty in a more conventional, less dark and dreamy way. I think I like the first one best. What about you? Do you have a favorite? Hint: they're easier to see if you click on them to enlarge them.
Good lesson this week, and I'm linking them up with Helena's photo pairs.
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10 comments:

  1. helenaMarch 6, 2015 at 12:43 AM

    great tip about defusing backlight. My favourite is the SOOC

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  2. scrappyjackyMarch 6, 2015 at 1:08 AM

    I definately prefer the first 2....not sure which though.

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  3. MaggieMarch 6, 2015 at 1:50 AM

    I love freesias. Yes me too. I prefer the first too.

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  4. MiriamMarch 6, 2015 at 2:47 AM

    I like the second picture, the light looks more even across the shot. I love freesias too.

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  5. SianMarch 6, 2015 at 6:43 AM

    I think I like the second one more, with the brighter light

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  6. alexaMarch 6, 2015 at 10:19 AM

    What interesting things you bring us, Rinda! I like the first one best for the clarity of the pinks against that lovely textured background.

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  7. KarenMarch 6, 2015 at 4:48 PM

    Yes, you are correct, the first two are much more pleasing than the one you made adjustments to.

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  8. robin.March 7, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    my favorite is the second one. nice shot.

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  9. Sharon Surman PhotographyMarch 8, 2015 at 5:08 AM

    The first one is my favorite!

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  10. AnonymousMarch 12, 2015 at 12:20 PM

    I like the second one.

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