Please vote for your favorite image from the "Low Key" assignment for the "People's Choice" award. The guidelines for this assignment (http://community.spiritofphotography.com/index.php?topic=534.0) were to create a “low key” image, emphasizing dark tones while still attempting to retain detail in the image. The assignment description explained that "low key" techniques are often used to impart an ominous or mysterious feeling to an image or used to convey drama or tension. I recommended trying to keep the majority of tones in the lower half of the histogram, concentrating the tonal values in Zones III and IV, since zone III is considered the darkest zone where we can reasonably expect to see clearly visible detail in the image.
To vote for an image, simply select the image title in the "poll" attached at the top of this thread, and click "submit vote." NOTE: You need to be logged in to see the voting options. Voting will end at midnight, Mountain Time (GMT-07:00) on Sunday, 4 April 2010.
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/Apple_1_small.jpg)
An apple
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/Favorite_small.jpg)
Waiting to be played.
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/IMG_1807_small.jpg)
Guitar
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20100326_071644.jpg)
Black Angus
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20100326_071244_3.jpg)
A Cow's World
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/lowkley6sm.jpg)
bouquet
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/lowkey4sm.jpg)
Sweet Chilis
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/lowkey3sm.jpg)
Recados
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/reflections.jpg)
Reflections
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/red_wine.jpg)
Red Wine
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10187/Bunge_2_sm.jpg)
Bunge Soybean Plant - color
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10187/Bunge_1_sm.jpg)
Bunge Soybean Plant - BW
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10214/Cabin_small.jpg)
Cabin
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20100327_163722_web2.jpg)
Hunting Centerpiece
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10019/stained_glass.jpg)
Stained glass
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10019/lion.jpg)
King of the fireplace
Thank you to everyone that participated in this assignment. Viewers are encouraged to respond to this thread describing why you like a particular image, or think it was particularly successful at meeting the guidelines of the assignment.
Keith