Picture This!
Saturated Color
Shutterbug Staff, June, 2007
Saturated Color
Our Picture This! assignment for this month was Saturated Color. While the world
is certainly colorful enough, our interpretation of it can be enhanced through
the judicious use of additional vividness in the camera through saturation settings
and/or, in the case of film, with a high-saturation color slide film such as
Fujifilm’s renowned Velvia. The response from readers was overwhelming,
and our selection room dazzled with the many prints we received. It’s
clear that in these shots, color is a queen dressed in resplendent robes.
Door Detail, Old Car |
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Sandra Kunz made this image of an old car parked on the street
in Shaniko, Oregon, and captured it with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel
XT with a 28-135mm IS Canon lens. Exposure was f/9 at 1/125 sec
at ISO 200.
© 2007, Sandra Kunz, All Rights Reserved
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Old Tools |
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Emilio Fernandez created a pattern of neutral color against a
brilliant background with his Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II. Exposure
was f/11 at 1/60 sec at ISO 600.
© 2007, Emilio Fernandez, All Rights Reserved
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Man & Nature |
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Seeking Saguaro north of Phoenix, Gary W. Potts came across this
juxtaposition and framed it with his Nikon N80 and Nikon 35-70mm
lens with polarizer. He exposed at f/11 at 1/60 sec on Fujifilm’s
Velvia 50.
© 2007, Gary W. Potts, All Rights Reserved
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Glowing Tree |
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Bob Jones found a dazzling background light for this tree near
Taos, New Mexico. He exposed with a Minolta A2 at f/11 at 1/250
sec at ISO 100, then inverted and made a hue/saturation adjustment
in Adobe’s Photoshop.
© 2007, Bob Jones, All Rights Reserved
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Balloon Ride |
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The paint job on this balloon shot during the annual Pro Football
Hall of Fame festival in Canton, Ohio, provides color enough against
the deep blue sky. John Robinson made this shot with a Kodak pro
D-SLR 14 and Nikon 24-120mm VR lens. Exposure was f/8 at 1/500
sec.
© 2007, John Robinson, All Rights Reserved
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Color In Winter |
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This northern cardinal was photographed by James F. Cowell using
a Canon EOS 5D and Canon 500mm f/4 lens. Exposure was f/6.3 at
1/400 sec at ISO 320.
© 2007, James F. Cowell, All Rights Reserved
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Geranium |
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This photo of a building in Syracuse, New York, was made by Bob
Gates with a Canon EOS 10D with Canon 70-200mm f/4 lens. Exposure
was f/9.5 at 1/10 sec at an ISO of 100; rig was mounted on a Manfrotto
3021 Pro tripod.
© 2007, Bob Gates, All Rights Reserved
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Aspen Forest |
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Seeking a creative approach to a popular subject, Terry Yarbrough
made this shot outside Ouray, Colorado, with a Canon EOS 20D and
Canon 17-40mm f/4 EF lens, then used Photoshop’s “darken”
blending mode and poster edges filter on it.
© 2007, Terry Yarbrough, All Rights Reserved
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Narcissus |
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The contrast and relationship of colors can enhance color saturation
as well, as evidenced by this photo by Stan Krolikoski. He made
this photo with a Sony 707 with an exposure of f/5.6 at 1/250
sec.
© 2007, Stan Krolikoski, All Rights Reserved
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Umbrella/Rain |
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Marie Laplante made this shot with a Nikon D70 and saturated the
colors in Photoshop.
© 2007, Marie Laplante, All Rights Reserved
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