This1 SIMPLE IDEA will TRANSFORM your Photography
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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In this video I'm demonstrating an idea I picked up from classic landscape painters when it comes to communicating depth and distance in their works.
Using just three shades of grey, I'll help you think about how to treat and adjust the light levels of different areas within your landscapes in a whole new way. Let me know what you think of this idea in the comments!
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Wow excellent class thanks for sharing. Make more sense to the eye
It's a concept I've known for years but just love the simplicity of your video. Great way to demonstrate it. Cheers
Nice one, thanks Mike 👍
I learned something there.
Thanks 👍
This is brilliant thank you
thanks for your nice comment :D
Very useful thank you
Very useful for a beginner because it talks about why things look better, not just "let's adjust this right about there, this looks good to me." Yeah, thank you.
Great!
Is it light and dark that's important OR contrast? So for example, what if the foreground element is a lake that reflects the sky? Then you would expect a lake that is closer to be lighter and a lake that is further away to be darker. Thr reason is the same; atmospheric haze leads to tones being pushed towards the middle of the histogram and losing contrast.
Hi Steve, that's a good example / question. If you take two instances of the same object (whatever it may be) and place one in the background and one in the foreground, the background one will usually appear lighter because its black point is raised, but as you put it, really it's entire contrast range is compressed and pushed towards the middle of the histogram.
A reflective lake is a good example of an exception to this "general rule" of appearing lighter because in the foreground it still might be very bright (i.e it doesnt have any "dark" pixels to begin with), so squeezing its histogram to the middle will have the effect of making it darker.
As with most things, this is a general rule not a hard and fast one.
Thanks for the video, it makes so much sense, I'll look again at my editing!
I followed the link to download the pdf but there are two blank boxes to fill but no instruction as to what is required! Have you left something out?
Hi Antony, thanks very much!
Ah dammit lol, that's supposed to be "first name" and "email address" in those two boxes - thanks for pointing that out!
I wouldn't say closer objects are "darker," but instead have more contrast. Or just the shadows are darker.
All of those things are true. shadows are darker, contrast is generally higher in the near than in the far, and also the same object is overall darker in the foreground than if it were in the distance. (Testable by selecting the object in photoshop and using the "average blur" filter and noting the darkness/lightness)
Hey Steve, thanks for the video, very interesting. May I ask which course or book you used for studying the painters? Cheers, Rhawi.
Hey Rhawi,
I didn't take any actual courses, rather I just found myself being intrigued by these older paintings and looked up a few beginner level "how to paint landscapes" videos on youtube. I don't remember which ones specifically but any that talk about the basics of light and depth etc will give a good overview.
@@SteveArnoldPhoto Thanks Steve. That helps a lot as well just to know what you have searched. Keep up the good work man, I really enjoy your videos. 🤜🏾