Assignment: Clashing Colours

[wulf]

This weeks assignment is "Clashing Colours". Monochrome shots need not apply (or you will have to be very clever with them )!

For most of us, colour is an important part of photography. It pays to get a handle on basic colour science, and a good starting point is a colour wheel. If you pick two colours opposite each other they are sometimes described as complementary but clashing might be better description as the results tend to be somewhere between vivid and garish.

This week, we want you to take a photo where the main colours are from opposite sides of the wheel - red and green, purple and yellow, etc. Whether you work them into harmony or make the most of the contrast, there should be two opposite colours making up most of the scene, eg:



Contest rules reminder:

1. The image you submit should be taken between the May 28 (when it was announced) and June 11 (up until one of the moderators closes the the mini-contest).

2. EXIF data needs to be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

3. Your post must include "Assignment: Clashing Colours" to show your permission to count it for the contest.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above).

For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

Next week's assignment will be "Sharp" (either sharp focus or something about the subject - be creative, as always).

Wulf

ps. Colour blind? Some users have mentioned this in the past. Can you distinguish between different sides of the wheel? Show us what clashing colours look like to you, even if most people see them differently or give us a high contrast image. However, do mention what you are doing so we don't disqualify your picture.

[dlaf]

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 12.7 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh, now I can relax.

p.s. May I assume the American spelling of colo(u)rs will be acceptable for entry?

[--Deb]

Assignment: Clashing Colors.

Camera: Nikon D40
Date: 6/2/2008, 9:12 pm
Focal Length: 48.0 mm
Aperture: f/5.5
Flash: Did not fire
ISO: 1600

I'm not totally happy with the way the orange photographed, but my new sweater (from my own handspun yarn) looks great!)

--Deb

[Teewinot]

Assignment: Clashing Colors
Assignment: Clashing Colours (to be safe..)



My dad's Japanese Maple in the sunlight makes for some great contrasting reds and greens.

[sopons]

EXIF Data:
Focal Length: 24 mm
Lens: 17-55 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Flash: Did not fire
WB: Auto
Camera: Rebel XT

Got this shot from EMP @ Seattle center.

[lisa]

Assignment: Clashing Colours



Exif: Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200


Or full: http://www.flickr.com/photos/puckers52/2551982588/meta/

[Igor]

Great minds think alike, Wulf.

I pass these Oleanders each evening during my walk. They are poking out over a 6 foot privacy fence. Red on Green, with some nice puffy clouds in the background.

Exif on Flickr

[Igor]

Here was my second idea, just for our Texas members. Clashing "School" Colors.

These are street numbers painted on a driveway. These are adjacent houses, one backing Texas and the other is the only Oklahoma driveway in the neighborhood. (Texas was in the deep shade, hence darker.) Oklahoma probably got painted shortly after his neighbor's Texas logo.

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Heading out for a two week road trip. So, thought I'd post this 2nd one now in case I can't find the internet the next few weeks.

[lfroker]

A lone flower i found at natural bridges.
My first entry!



My Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/froker/

EXIF:
Exp 1/640
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 55mm
ISO 100
Camera: Digital Rebel XT w/ 18-55mm

[BulldogMom]

Here's my entry for the clashing colors assignment. We've got oranges and blues along with some purples and yellows.

Looks more like harmony to me!



And the all important info is...

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash fired
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Partial
Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4 L USM
Taken on May 31, 2008

Complete EXIF is on flickr