Exercise: Control the strength of a colour

5 photographs

Shooting Manual:

Find a strong definite colour, fills frame


This is the object I've used for this exercise:



























Normal exposure:

50mm, f/8.0, 1/320s,  ISO 100, EV 0


50mm, f/8.0, 1/160s, ISO 100, EV +1


50mm, f/8.0, 1/250s, ISO 100, EV +2/3


50mm, f/8.0, 1/250s, ISO 100, EV +1/3


50mm, f/8.0, 1/400s, ISO 100, EV +0


50mm, f/8.0, 1/500s, ISO 100, EV -1/3


50mm, f/8.0, 1/500s, ISO 100, EV -2/3


50mm, f/8.0, 1/800s, ISO 100, EV -1

Overall, Increasing the exposure value makes the colour more washed out and decreasing it more saturated. My favourite Red here is probably the -1/3 EV.


This makes it an important thing to remember when photographing colours, it might make it more appealing to me to slightly decrease the exposure or trying different ones when colour is a main feature of an image.

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