Tone Work Diary

This photo was taken using my macro lens with a narrow depth of field and a low ISO sensitivity. This pictures focus point for the viewer is easy to identify.








This photo in my opinion in my best. There is a narrow depth of field and a low ISO sensitivity. This was also taken with my macro lens and demonstrates the tones of the leafs, water and flowers around it.








This was taken with a higher depth of field to show the landscape around. The shutter speed was fast and the ISO sensitivity was also low.









In my opinion, all of these photos show almost all the tones in Ansel Adams tone system from 1 to 10. These were all edited to back and white and tones were enhanced by a changing the curve values on Photoshop. The two pictures below demonstrate how the picture was edited before and after.

Before

After

Tone Straight Images

This photo is a good representation of  tone since it includes many of the tones from Ansel Adams tone system. This photo also contains an interesting foreground and background. It also has the viewer question where this photo could have been taken.






This photo also represents tone since it demonstrates the various tones sand can make. This is appealing to me since the hill shows a clear representation  of these tones.









This is one of my favorite photos from tone since it contains a wide variety of tone and the focus point is easy to identify. This also appeals to me since it clearly shows the various forms of the leafs.







This is also one of my favorite photos because it shows all tones from Ansel Adams tone system from 1 to 10. It also shows the freeze frame of the water droplets on the interesting shape of the plant.







I like this photo because the foreground, midground and background are easily identifiable and has the viewer question where this location could be.

Tone Contact Sheet

Tone Image Bank

Tone: 

All of these photographs tones of the different layers of an image. This is shown through the lighter areas and shadows of an image such as darker tree bark and lighter fields surrounding the tree.

Tone Definition

Tone refers to the lightness or darkness of something.

It is created by the way light falls on a 3D object. The parts of the object on which the light is strongest are called highlights and the darker areas are called shadows.

Without tone form does not exist, tone is therefore an important aspect in visualisation of 3D objects.

Ansel Adams developed the zone system which is aimed to achieve the correct exposure of an image. The diagram above shows a basic principle of the zone system. Zone 0 is pitch black and zone 10 is pure white. If a camera is set to AUTO, pointing it to a bight light will set the zone to a lower number .If pointing to a darker place, the zone would be set to a higher number.

Black and White photography:

In the absence of colour our ability to create a narrative in image is restricted.  This is viewed as an advantage to people that practice black and white photography. The wider range of tones used, the generally higher attention it gets.