The photographer was not trying to create an effect, but he did. I’m seeing it and others don’t. Is it because I know what it is, or because he is good at painting light?
I think both are true. It is a result of the subject matter, and the way the painter used light to bring that subject matter to life with the paintbrush.
The image (below) is from a photo on: http://www.holistic-photography.com/blog/2013/6/27/painting-with-light-in-the-shadows
Art is the ultimate form of engineering. It includes elements of architecture, sculpture, dance and even theatre. In this article we will explore the ways in which light is used to create the illusion of space and movement in an image.
The use of light to define form, work with color and even create space is a very powerful way to create an image that draws in the viewer and inspires them to engage their imagination. The artist who creates this effect has “painted with light” and it takes a great deal of skill and knowledge to bring it off successfully.
Tonal art is very pleasant on the eye as it appears to be illuminated by some internal source rather than being lit by a harsher external illumination. This internal illumination is created using a combination of several methods together. Each method alone will produce shadows but those shadows will not necessarily provide the illusion of internal light; that only happens when two or more different methods are combined effectively together.
In a darkened room, the photographer used a strobe light and a long exposure time to capture the vibrant colors in these flowers.
This trick is called painting with light. It’s a great way to get unusual and beautiful effects.
When flowers are photographed with a flash or daylight, they appear as they really are: white, yellow, orange, or pink. But when they’re photographed in the dark with a special kind of flash, the colors look different. The reason is that each flower reflects some of the flash’s light. As this light travels from the flower to your eye, it bounces off other flowers and leaves behind another color.
Tulips reflect green light; pansies reflect reds and purples; and roses reflect pinks. The longer the exposure time, the more colors will show up in your picture. With a short exposure time, you see only yellow or white.
So how do you get this effect? The first thing you need is a tripod to keep your camera steady during the long exposure time. You also need some colored lights — red, green, blue, and yellow work well — to shine on your subject from different directions. Set up one light on each side of your subject so that it shines across it without hitting it
When you look at Ansel Adams’s photograph “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico,” you see a large dark area on the right side of the image. It’s not black; it’s actually a deep blue color. Yet it looks black because it is in the shadows.
When this image was first printed using a traditional process, the dark area was jet black. The artist wanted his image to be as realistic as possible, so he decided to adjust the print so that the dark area would show up as deep blue. To do this, he put a piece of tracing paper over the print and used a pencil to scribe a thin line around the edge representing what would show up as highlights in nature. He then dipped the print into water and used an eraser to rub away all of the areas that appeared light in nature, leaving only those that were dark in nature. This created an accurate representation of what we see with our eyes when we look at this scene.
This method shows how Adams achieved his dramatic photographs. By using many techniques such as these, he is able to take pictures that are full of emotion and truly capture what he saw when he looked through his camera lens.
The painting is a landscape by the French artist Claude Monet called “Monet’s Water Lilies,” and it was created in 1926. It depicts the surroundings of his home and garden in Giverny, France.
The photograph I found on the web shows a dry, dusty scene with a few small plants growing in the foreground (see http://www.geoimages.ws/photos/26850-claude-monet-s-water-lilies). But when you look at the painting itself, you see a very different picture. The photo above shows only part of the canvas. Monet painted water lilies, which are pink and white, as well as a lot of green leaves. The photo doesn’t show that. You see some green plants in the upper right corner of the photo; they are on the opposite side of the pond from where Monet is standing.
The painting also shows many dark areas near the plants in front: rocks and water that appear to be deep enough to drown in if one were to fall in while wading through them (and who knows what other dangers lurk there). These darker areas contrast sharply with the light streaming down from overhead, creating an effect that makes it seem like you are above looking
The picture on the wall is the dark side of a bright idea. Only the photographer can know that.
Initially, Mr. Penn said, he was just trying to make a photograph that would intrigue people. “The whole point of this picture was to see if I could create an image that was as interesting upon exit as it was upon entrance,” he said in a telephone interview from his home in New Hampshire, where he is working on his next series of photographs.
The trick was not to make a picture but to create what Mr. Penn called a “frozen moment.” The longer you stare at the photo, he said, the more details emerge and the more your eyes decouple from each other, causing them to work independently and creating an optical illusion of sorts.
With a flash of lightning, the landscape was transformed as a bolt from an angry sky lit up the landscape. It was one of those moments that make you wonder at the power and beauty of nature. But for a photographer, it was an opportunity to capture something amazing.
The result is an image that’s hard to look away from. You see in the foreground the tree branches and foliage are covered with raindrops creating a rainbow of colors. Beyond the rain drops you see a perfectly clear view of the landscape. The lightning bolt illuminates everything in sight creating a photograph that’s more than worth getting wet for.
With the advent of digital photography, photographers have had to learn new ways to deal with dynamic weather conditions when taking pictures. With a little practice and some basic knowledge about light and how to use it, photographers can learn how to capture images like these easily
