…said the colorblind photographer. :)
It is one thing not being able to see some of the colors on a color wheel and an entirely different thing not to be aware of one at all. Color contrast is something that I try to pay very close attention to whenever I stylize my images. If everything in the image had the same color, or barely any variance of color, you’d get a very flat looking image.
By effectively using a color wheel as a guide for color contrast, you can help guide the viewer’s eyes to an intended target easily and with purpose. For this image here, I was very deliberate in playing off of two opposite colors on the color wheel, both of which I can see perfectly – Blue and Yellow. I made the majority of the corrugated metal wall blue and then added a major punch of yellow to the chair that was sitting in the gap by the parked train engine. I also added some brown to the engine and concrete ground. All of this helps give the eyes a place to go focus and rest as it explores.
It’s a wonderful practice to become disciplined with as it shows true methodology when you share your finalized images.
You can learn more about the color wheel here at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel
In terms of processing
This is a seven exposure tone-mapped #HDR image taken with my Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 17mm T/S lens. I created the 32-bit intermediary floating point TIFF in Photomatix and tone-mapped in Lightroom 4.1.
All stylization was accomplished in Perfect Effects 3 by +onOne Software. I applied Cyberpunk to all of the corrugated metal and masked it off of the train, chair and the ground. For the ground, I masked in Thermopylae to give it that nice brown tinge. Finally, for the chair itself, I masked in Havana.
Final touches were applied in Lightroom 4.1.
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Beautiful! Love the colors in this, Brian :)
The placement of the red chair is brilliant!
+Brian Bonham I know righ….. wait a minute!
Really is a fantastic image.
Love these!
Gorgeous!!! Save my seat!
+Chrysta Rae Best seat in the house!
Dude this rules.
Johannes Itten explains this theory of contrasts very well on his "Art of Colour":
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Color-Subjective-Experience/dp/0471289280/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341528388&sr=8-2&keywords=johannes+itten
Oh man this is sweet in so many ways! Your lesson is excellent- the image a perfect representation of the concept- and props to the uber bulbous 17 ts-e, I've got the 24 and love love love it. High five from Maine!
+Nate Parker hey dude! Thanks for that.
Yeah man, that 17mm T/S lens freaks me out whenever I walk around with it. Terrified about scratching it. The 24 T/S is gorgeous, too. Sharp glass, indeed.
I love this, +Brian Matiash!
No lens hood either correct +Brian Matiash?
Love this. The pop of a yellow chair is so unexpected. Well done.
Great image, I need to read more on the colour wheel. Great timing with the post as well, it was only 2 days ago I was thinking about this.
Thanks, +Mandy Sloan!
Yeah, +Nate Parker – no lens hood or filter support for the 17mm. I wish the freaking 24mm T/S had a 77mm thread and not the 82mm thread.
Well if you got the one manufactured in 1992 like I did then you wouldn't have that problem! I guess it's because of the larger image circle of the version ii. +Brian Matiash. :)
just get an 82mm W/A adapter :)
Ahhh, yeah – I have the Mark II. I couldn't find a readily available used copy when I was in the market for one.
+Joe Azure ahhh dude, if I could find one in stock, I'd be all over it. +Nicole S. Young and I called stores in Portland, Seattle, Utah, Nebraska, New Hampshire and Philly (along with B&H and Adorama). None in stock. Glazers had the 82mm regular ring but not the W/A version.
http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/lee_cokin_hitech_100mm/lee_wideangle_adaptor/12306_p.html in stock.
I use these guys and can vouch for them :)
You are a scholar and a gentleman, +Joe Azure. I don't care what +Amy Heiden says. ;)
Haha say whaaaaat? +Brian Matiash, stop hatin' just cuz your dino is still on my desk.
+Amy Heiden Gustav is being fed well?
I wanna dino…
Nice image and as always, thanks for explaining how it was done.
*lights up a cigarette and swivels around on the chair*
+Joe Azure I thought you were gonna bring your dino to Iceland. You got a dino before the project even started. Did you lose him already?
He missed the bus to iceland :( He isn't lost … just hiding in my office :)
Missed the bus, gah?
Cool shot! I love Perfect Effects.
+kimberly pemberton I'd actually love to prep my tripod and camera to see what would happen if you lit a cig in that location. Let's make that happen, mmmkay?
Very cool shot. Would make a nice book cover.
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