Street Artist
Best Exposure
28mm, f/8, 1/100, ISO 200
Exposure Compensation: -0.33
Choosing the 'best' exposure out of a series of five is surely an artistic decision? The image above of a man creating images using chalk a third of a stop lower in value than that recommended by the light meter. I chose this as although the overall scene is dark, the main subject in the image is the depiction of the girl with the pearl earring, and as discovered in the previous part of the course, underexposure really makes colours 'pop'. Thus, the eye of the viewer is drawn to the rich colours and subtle gaze of the girl with the pearl earring, then it is led diagonally through the frame to the other, unfinished, works, and the artist himself.
This is the exposure suggested by the light meter. It seems well balanced, and a decent representation of the lighting conditions at the time. The reason I didn't choose this image as 'best' exposure is because it is too ordinary; good perhaps for an article on street artists and buskers, but as a piece of art I personally like it a little more dramatic, as per the first image.
Very similar effect to the previous image, but with the colours in the scene beginning to look a little washed-out.
With this much overexposure applied I feel the scene looks a little flat.. that's good if you wanted all three chalk drawings to be observed equally, which may be ideal depending on the situation.
Underexposing by two-thirds of a stop makes the blue colouring even more rich, but the overall scene appears very dark. almost as if the picture was taken at dusk, when it fact it was just after lunch-time.
28mm, f/8, 1/80, ISO 200
Exposure Compensation: 0
This is the exposure suggested by the light meter. It seems well balanced, and a decent representation of the lighting conditions at the time. The reason I didn't choose this image as 'best' exposure is because it is too ordinary; good perhaps for an article on street artists and buskers, but as a piece of art I personally like it a little more dramatic, as per the first image.
28mm, f/8, 1/60, ISO 200
Exposure Compensation: +0.33
Very similar effect to the previous image, but with the colours in the scene beginning to look a little washed-out.
28mm, f/8, 1/50, ISO 200
Exposure Compensation: +0.67
With this much overexposure applied I feel the scene looks a little flat.. that's good if you wanted all three chalk drawings to be observed equally, which may be ideal depending on the situation.
28mm, f/8, 1/125, ISO 200
Exposure Compensation: -0.67
Underexposing by two-thirds of a stop makes the blue colouring even more rich, but the overall scene appears very dark. almost as if the picture was taken at dusk, when it fact it was just after lunch-time.
Overall Response
In this series of images my main concern wasn't particularly the overall balance of the scene, but of bringing attention to a single element, using exposure to enrich colour. Using such a simple technique as exposure compensation I was able to turn an ordinary image into one with a little more 'pop'.
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