Today’s photo is from the Vefa – Sulaymaniye trip we made at the Middle of Istanbul Photography Workshop…
When we saw the cats playing games among the tombstones, the first thing that crossed my mind was that a black and white photograph would be more appropriate in accordance with the dramatic nature of the environment, since the light is not very good…
For this purpose, I chose the BLACK WHITE option of the DRAMATIC TONE filter in ART MODE on Olympus Cameras. Actually, in the same ART MODE, GRAINY FILM also gives a black and white effect, but I chose DRAMATIC TONE because I thought that black and white with very high contrast would not be suitable for this subject…
I used the widest aperture value due to the low light. I worked with exposure in the minus (-) direction, with the thought that darker tones would strengthen the shadows.
Camera: Olympus OMD EM1
Lens: 12 – 40mm (used as 40mm)
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1 / 800 s.
ISO: 200
Exposure Compensation: -0.7 stops
Shot in ART MODE – DRAMATIC TONE – BLACK WHITE.
