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Understanding when to go low contrast

Understanding when to go low contrast

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Understanding when to go low contrast

- I don't know if it's bugging you, but through so many shooting and post-production tutorials I hear myself saying to you, "Oh, here's how you get more contrast. Here's how you get more contrast." I'm always talking about increasing contrast and honestly for most images, an increase in contrast ends up being a good thing. It improves color saturation. It improves detail and black-and-white images. That said, there are times when it's okay to go low contrast In fact, there are times when going low contrast is a better choice and so I felt like I should give equal time-- well not equal time-- I felt I should give a tiny little smidgen of time to the low contrast idea, just to let you know that that is another tool in your toolbox that you should be paying attention to. I have here an image of a countryside in South Africa. It's a pretty monotonous image. I was struck by these two trees sitting here and the haze in the background. There's no need to add more contrast to this image…

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