johnkenthill Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>Okay, I'm having a 50-something moment. What's another descriptor for high contrast photos? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkenthill Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>I knew if I posted, it would come to me. High key is what I'm thinking of. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>Actually high-key is low contrast and low-key is high contrast, but not exactly.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Two definitions of high key: A style of lighting that is bright, even, and produces little contrast between light and dark areas of the scene. Having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key ). James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkenthill Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>I've always associated photos with white whites and black blacks (and little or nothing in between) as high contrast, meaning the range between the black and the white is high. <br /> Photos that were mostly shades of gray were low contrast because their range in contrast was low. <br /><br />Tri-X 400 for high contrast and Tri-X Pan for low contrast.<br /><br />That kind of blows my mind. ...I may not be able to sleep tonight. lol</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_fox Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>Perhaps "hard" is the term you're looking for? Hard lighting? Hard contrast?</p> <p>All modern B&W films are panchromatic. I know Tri-X was reformulated recently, but I think it was to make the grain structure finer. I wouldn't necessarily expect contrast differences.</p> <p>The high contrast of Tri-X (or any B&W film, really) comes from push-processing (reducing exposure and increasing development time). Pushed to ISO 1600, Tri-X can give you extremely hard contrast.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>John .. I agree with your definition of high contrast but Jame's of hi key ... but your high contrast does not have to be 'soot and whitewash' and can contain graduations between.</p> <p>perhaps S&W is an answer for you? :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkenthill Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>High key was what I had in mind. I was using an incorrect definition for it though. It's made for some interesting research and reading though. Upsides to being wrong. ;-) </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendel_leisk Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>Lithographs?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_pace Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>Is "contrasty" the word you're thinking of?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_276104 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>As a professional musician, HDR (high dynamic range) would be the parallel as far as music goes. Very quiet to very loud.</p> <p>But, HDR in photography means no highs and no lows across the frame.</p> <p>I'm confused as well.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_smith110 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 <p>Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words then here are three thousand words.</p> <p><em>high contrast</em><br> <a title="like tiny bubbles the dreams of a child fly free by f/otographer, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/7271072652_8067d85f2c_c.jpg" alt="like tiny bubbles the dreams of a child fly free" width="800" height="534" /></a></p> <p><em>hi key</em><br> <a title="portrait of a boy by f/otographer, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8088539770_48bc18b3a6_c.jpg" alt="portrait of a boy" width="534" height="800" /></a></p> <p><em>low key</em><br> <a title="a self portrait by f/otographer, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/10702284074_2d358eb4d7_c.jpg" alt="a self portrait" width="534" height="800" /></a></p> <p>It could be argued that my hi key example is a little more hi contrast then hi key, but its the best hi key image I have. It should really be more over exposed but works for display purposes I suppose.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel_lipoff Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 <p>Perhaps you mean the term chiaroscuro?<br /></p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_peterson3 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 <p>Back in the 60's we called pure black/pure white images "Kodaliths" after the Kodalith film that was often used to produce them.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I really don't see any high-key photos here. For examples, simply google "high key photos" and select the Images option. High key means details are in the highlights. High contrast photos are called... high contrast. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwin_schaefer Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 <p>The definition posted by James Dainis Mirrors is what I remember reading in the old photo mags in the 40’s. There is at least one high key image erroneously posted in “Low Key (Pictorial). Aren’t the moderators supposed to notify the contributer in such cases?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parv Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Erwin, contact the moderator about the offending post to have it (re)moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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