Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Harbingers of Spring

Harbingers of Spring, daffodils and grape hyacinths
Harbingers of Spring, 2012

© 2012 Susan M. Lohse.  All rights reserved.

The complements yellow and purple comprise one of my favorite color combinations.  The colors are so intense here because I was experimenting with the saturation setting on my camera.

In most of the photos I took with a high saturation setting, particularly those taken in strong sunlight, contrast was lost as analogous colors blended together.  Shot in the shade, this photo was one of the few I thought was a keeper.  Now I know just how far I can go with the saturation setting on my camera.

4 comments:

Beach Cat ! said...

I am always amazed that the pictures I take in the shade turn out so much better. You really captured the color and contrast. Gorgeous photo!

Sue said...

Thanks, Beach Cat!

Ann said...

This is stunning! I don't even know if I have a saturation setting on my camera - maybe I do! I often tweak that a bit in photoshop though. But getting better color in the shade makes sense.

Sue said...

Thanks so much, Ann. You probably do have a saturation setting on your camera, buried in the menu function. I was tweaking color and contrast in image-editing software, too, but was still unsatisfied. I'm trying to get closer to the results I want at the photo-taking level by bumping up contrast and saturation a notch or two. Still experimenting . . .

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