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25-SEP-2005 Moti

City view

Canon EOS 20D
1/100s f/8.0 at 44.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time25-Sep-2005 10:25:37
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length44 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias0.33
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
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Guest 28-Feb-2006 21:27
Victor sometimes low key describes the background, as in a low key portrait. A more correct term for that type of photo would be 'a portrait with a low key background'. A low key photo I guess should be dark overall, but usually there are some bright tones in such a photo as well. At what point does it flip? I don't know... That's why I started looking at the histograms. I do believe looking at the median (instead of the mean) is the correct thing to do - and there seemed to be some kind of correlation between the median and whether I felt a shot was low key or not. Looking at the low key pool at flckr (link in challenge announcement thread) shows that the interpretation of low key varies greatly from photographer to photographer.
Canon DSLR Challenge28-Feb-2006 03:12
So what counts as low key? The picture of the dummy head? The picture in the glasses? Or both? (or neither?) -- Victor
Canon DSLR Challenge27-Feb-2006 15:56
Thank you for your comments
Moti
Victor Engel26-Feb-2006 05:00
EV is 11.0
Canon DSLR Challenge25-Feb-2006 20:06
Stunning Moti! ~ Lonnit
Guest 25-Feb-2006 10:56
Interesting shot. Technically top-notch!