Monday, 16 July 2012

Control the strength of a colour

Art of Photography Part 3 Colour

February 2012

Control the strength of a colour

F4 1/350 ISO200 93mm

F4.5 1/350 ISO200 93mm

F5.6 1/350 ISO200 93mm

F6.7 1/350 ISO200 93mm

F8 1/350 ISO200 93mm

These 5 identical pictures show the difference in saturation and brightness when all that is changed is the aperture. With the smaller F number (e.g.F4) , there is more light being let into the camera, so the picture is brighter. Similarly, a large F number (e.g F8) has a smaller hole so less light is let in through the lens.

The main colour is yellow (hue). The saturation ranges from picture 1 which could be described as pure, intense, saturated, through to dull, weak, unsaturated (picture 5). The brightness in picture 1 can be described as very bright, picture 2 is bright, picture 3 is fairly bright, picture 4 is slightly dark and picture 5 is dark.

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