Weekly Challenge 149 : Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro (English pronunciation: /kiˌɑrəˈskjʊəroʊ/, Italian: [kjarosˈkuːro] "light-dark") in art is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for using contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body. Here is more info with some pictures there for reference.

Photos don't need to be portraits or in black and white but should reflect the theme-light and shadow used together to build the desired effect.

Challenge ends next Saturday (10/30) at midnight EDT.(approx)

The fine print....
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken, 104- Flowers (B&W), 105 Backlighting, 106-Water. 107-Wind, 108-Parent/Child candids, 109-Passion, 110-Events, 111-Streets, 112-The Aged, 113-Fire and Heat, 114-Nature vs. Culture, 115 - Letters or Numbers, 116 - Self-Portrait, 117 - The Tree, 118 - Minimalism, 119 - Rust, 120 - Before & After, 121 - Negative Space, 122 - Decay & Dereliction, 123 - Cold, 124 - Melancholy, 125 - The Element of Time, 126 - Public Transportation, 127 - Yin Yang, 128 - Sepia or Dual Tone, 129 - Hand Coloring, 130 - Light Trails, 131-Once in a lifetime, 132 - Moms & Motherhood, 133 - Beautiful Blur, 134 - B&W Abstract, 135 - History, 136 - In and around the kitchen, 137 - Habit, 138 - Perspective: From the Ground Up, 139- Mist/fog, 140 – No faces, 141-Bubbly, 142- The 'hood, 143-Green, 144-Garbage, 145-Emotion, 146 - Events, 147-Seasons. 148-Building and/or Construction 149-Chiarouscuro

[bbluesman]

Here are a couple of examples for reference.


Color-non-portrait



B/W portrait. Hope this helps.

[rparmar]

This was shot in no light yesterday with the K 50/1.2. Light was from a film being projected behind the musicians. AJM Collective are from Portugal and play experimental improvised jazz. I caught them in Cork as part of the annual Jazz Festival.


bass


(Shot with the SMC K 50mm f/1.2.)

[Kryosphinx]

This shot was taken at the Phaeno museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

It was at a light demonstration table. I forget what the point of this particular station was, but it conjured up prison bars in my mind. I thought it fitting that light is "imprisoned" at a constant speed.
Well, almost.

Prison:

[Mark Morb]

I like this style of photography very much....here's mine...

[axl]

darkness on the edge of town:

[NaClH2O]

Here is mine; Shadows of grasses on the duckwort in a small pond.


NaCl(one of the first shots taken with my then new FA 50 F1.4)H2O

[ovim]

One I dug from my flickr

in the shade

[daacon]

Here's one I think fits the theme - nice choice btw ...

[jmschrei]

Here's one I think fits the theme - nice choice btw ...

That is a gorgeous shot! Sadly my backyard apple tree looked a lot like that this morning.
-Joe

[bbluesman]

Wow I must say a good start so far. Please keep them coming and make my job judging a real challenge.

[ramseybuckeye]

Mark, nice idea for a challenge, some really good stuff so far.

[daacon]

That is a gorgeous shot! Sadly my backyard apple tree looked a lot like that this morning.
-Joe

Thanks Joe - indeed we still have a layer of white stuff down (from last night) - not sure it is here to stay , but it's only a matter of time.

[jmschrei]

-Joe

[bbluesman]

Mark, nice idea for a challenge, some really good stuff so far.

Thanks Tom-nice image.