Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Exercise: Control the strength of a colour

Summary: Shoot five images from 1 stop above metered, stopping down 1/2 stop for each image. Write your observations in your learning log.
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The obvious observation is that the luminosity of the colour changes from high to low. The hue and saturation is unchanged as is demonstrated by the consistency of the colour. Were the saturation changing we would expect to see the red change from black to white. If the hue were changing I would expect to see the red become more orange at the high end of the spectrum, or pink at the low.
I am unsure as to what message that is expected to be devised from this other then a demonstration of how exposure can change the luminosity of a colour and the exposure does not change the hue or saturation.
From an aesthetic point of view I would describe the 'correctly' metered exposure as the preferable shot in terms of richness. However, this is purely subjective and to my own taste.