Untitled Tritone

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    I'm really digging this with the tritone... something classic about it.

    Lighting details: Alien Bees strobes... 16x20 softbox overhead, umbrella camera left, grid camera right, grid on the background. Triggered by optical slaves, with sync cord to a Vivitar 285HV, bouncing off the ceiling.

    Diego Meijido, ShadowMercenary2009, and 7 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. Fayza 76 months ago | reply

      This is gorgeous. The lighting and tone are outstanding.

    2. Robert Weissner (off/on) [deleted] 76 months ago | reply

      Very nicely done ... a fave!

    3. josh.r 76 months ago | reply

      The hair movement is great.

    4. midori_uk 63 months ago | reply

      Could you tell me what to look for when understanding Tri-tone. To me the image looks like a grey scale with perhaps a single tint to it. I cannot see if or where there are other colour tones. Pehaps that is the hallmark of excellence. Or perhaps this is what happens to imagesonFlickr. If this was printed and viewed could you say what I would be seeing?


    5. jeremey 63 months ago | reply

      @midori_uk a tritone isn't necessarily about 3 distinct colors, it's about creating an overall tone or tones using 3 inks. What is unique about "duotone mode" in Photoshop (which includes monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones) is that you choose your inks and a curve with which to apply them to the image. So you have very fine control over the result.

      You might use two blues and a yellow to produce a bluish tone with slight yellowing in the highlights, like you see here, or you might work with black and a couple browns, and so on.

    6. midori_uk 63 months ago | reply

      Thanks Jeremey,

      I think I can now understand from what your said. My LCD mornitor does not reveal the delicate nuances of the tones, but I can imagine a large size print can be quite stunning as you describe. You motivate me to explore deeper.

      Thanks, Barry in UK
