In addition to the motif itself, the look often determines how a photo affects the viewer.

(Image: Karl Hotz-Thelen)

Kodak Ektachrome, Fujifilm Vevia or Agfa Agfachrome: In analog photography, the film material often determined (and still does) the look of the photo or its characteristic appearance. One and the same motif looked different every time, depending on this. Today, the photographer often decides the final look of his photo only later in the image processing on the computer.

In addition, there are of course a number of other ways to influence the effect of a photo when it is taken. For example with the picture of the day from Monday with the title Fly Agaric. Here photographer “FelixW 80” plays very successfully with the selective Sharpness and a pastel-colored lighting mood. The pink blossom also surprises with its look – a combination of desaturated colors, a distinctive background and a central image composition. With the picture of the day from Tuesday with the title Istria, Karl Hotz-Thelen obviously only worked out the style in the image processing by saturating the colors, increasing the contrast and increasing the micro-contrast (clarity). You can find more examples of interesting looks in the picture series. The pictures of the week (KW 44) (8 pictures) A very successful autumn impression of FelixW 80 on the one hand due to the light, pastel-colored look and on the other hand due to the shallow depth of field, which means that most of the image is blurred. The view is automatically directed to the toadstool on the left edge of the picture.

Panasonic DC-S1 | 190 mm | ISO 100 | +0, 33 EV

(Image: FelixW 80) (pen)