Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Things Made From Wood

Posted on by Louise Bunting

It’s time for another post for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, Things Made From Wood.

All of today’s pictures are of a wooden statue that my grandfather brought back from Africa in the 1970s. She’s probably quite basic tourist wear, not to mention she’s rather battered nowadays, but she’s been a part of the family for as long as I can remember. She sits on top of a cabinet in the living room. I like to think that she watches over us.

low clarity and contrast
medium clarity and contrast
high clarity, contrast and luminance

Before I post pictures on the blog I always like to have a little play around with them, trying out different levels of contrast, clarity, luminance, etcetera, to see which version I like best. This week I felt that each edit gave the image a different feel . The lower clarity and contrast made her appear soft and motherly while increasing them makes her appear sterner – especially in the second image. I loved how the high luminance gave the pictires the appearance of charcoal sketches. Because of this I decided to post three versions of each of the two shots.

low clarity, medium contrast
medium clarity, high contrast
high contrast, clarity and luminance

I would love to know which version people like best or whether you’re just as divided as me!

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16 thoughts on “Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Things Made From Wood”

  3. These are fabulous. I particularly like the high clarity and luminance – they look like metal not wood. Great illustration of how a camera can lie, after an edit!

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    1. I love playing around with different editing methods – you can create such different effects just by changing a few settings! Thanks for visiting. 🙂

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    1. It’s a lovely little statue – though one of her earrings has been broken for as long as I can remember! I always like the sketch-like, high contrast and luminance versions – though I’ll usually end up using the more ‘normal’ versions on the actual posts!

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