Chiaroscuro is a painting technique, developed during the Renaissance, that uses strong tonal between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms, often to dramatic effect. Famously used by Rembrandt


For this week's challenge, post your pictures that use these strong tonal contrasts - could be a portrait, but could also be a dramatic landscape with features accentuated by dramatic lighting, or maybe a still life??





















Rules
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 one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax/Ricoh camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.

Read more at: About the weekly challenges - PentaxForums.com

Read more at: Weekly Challenge #385 Highlights. - PentaxForums.com

[StephenHampshire]

Which one's you Charlie???

[Bruce Clark]

Taken for a course I did a couple of years ago.

[SpecialK]

[rod_grant]

Kangaroo Paw

[jacamar]

Thought I would add some context. The fence surrounds a former military U.S. radar station near Panama City that has now become an eco-lodge. The hummingbird is a White-vented Plumeleteer.

[jchorst]

Here's mine. Cheers, Christoph

[Photojj]

Traded in Sony for Pentax and used it for the first time on a trip to SE Asia. This is a monk in Angkor Wat to whom I made a donation in return for a red wristband.

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[DaveSimo]

Primrose gardens of Boston Manor park in London, UK. Shot with Pentax K-5 using SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7:

[ f/1.7, 1/1600s, ISO 100 (-5 EV) ]

[ozwald]

Need a subject? Raid the pantry.

[noelcmn]

I think this one qualifies

[StephenHampshire]

Traded in Sony for Pentax and used it for the first time on a trip to SE Asia. This is a monk in Angkor Wat to whom I made a donation in return for a red wristband.

Welcome to Pentax and to the forum - a (mostly) friendly and (normally) informal place to discuss life, photography and everything!

[djb47]

DuPont State Forest

[StephenHampshire]

16 hours to go!

[AggieDad]

Here's my entry.

[clackers]

Madeleine with off-camera flash: