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I wonder if you have noticed the following low saturation photos?

Their colors are not so bright, there is a kind of gray feeling on the whole, and at first glance, they don't seem to be exposed enough.

However, after careful examination, you will find that the photo as a whole is very textured, there is no lack of details, but also gives people a strong sense of atmosphere.

This low-saturation photo style is becoming more and more popular with photography enthusiasts.

Today, let's briefly analyze the attraction of these low-saturation photos:

1. Saturation, that is, the freshness of the color in the photo, the higher the saturation, the higher the color, on the contrary, the lower the color.

Another important factor affecting saturation is grayscale.

When the grayscale in the color increases, the color presentation begins to be less "pure". We can imagine that some gray pigments are added to the paint of a certain color, and the color will appear dark and gray.

That's how we feel when we see those pictures up there.

Therefore, low saturation can be understood to mean that there is more "gray" in color.

two。 Why does low saturation (high grayscale) look good? (1) tolerance to low saturation is not necessarily "good-looking", but on the whole, it is more "bearable" than high saturation.

High saturation means that the color "purity" is high, although purer, but the "irritation" is also stronger, at first glance will feel bright, a few more eyes will feel dazzling, bored.

And low saturation generally will not have this feeling, the color itself will not be too eye-catching, but may cause the desire for visual exploration.

(2) the performance characteristics of gray in addition, we all know that color itself has its own cultural meaning, such as red can represent enthusiasm, sexy, festive, green can represent nature, environmental protection, health and so on.

When the saturation of a certain color decreases, it will be more gray, that is, it will add some gray meaning, such as melancholy, gloom and so on. Although it is a little pessimistic, it is very suitable for expressing the sense of atmosphere. Highlight the feeling of serenity, loneliness and simplicity.

Gray is also a color with a "low-key and advanced sense", which can appear concise and generous.

(3) more comfortable color matching when the saturation of most colors in the photo is reduced, their respective grayscale will rise and move closer to gray as a whole, resulting in the gradual evolution of "adjacent colors".

When we introduced color before, we discussed that adjacent colors are very common and easy to use in photography, which can highlight the sense of hierarchy, make the color transition more natural and look more comfortable. Low saturation naturally takes advantage of this to reduce the conflict between different colors.

However, it is important to note that low saturation does not necessarily mean "better looking", it may appear "more attractive", because if it is not used properly, it will also make the photo look "dirty".

3. How to make rational use of "low saturation"? The main results are as follows: (1) the low saturation of the shooting theme is obviously not suitable for shooting scenes and themes with sufficient light, when we are in indoor, cloudy and other relatively weak light environment, moderately reducing the color saturation can enhance the sense of atmosphere brought by the weak light environment.

Such as rainy, foggy, evening and other environments are more suitable.

(2) retain the details we can see from the photos shown earlier, although the photos are dark, but the dark details are well preserved, in essence, there is no obvious underexposure, which is also a point we need to pay attention to.

When reducing saturation, we can appropriately reduce the overall exposure of the photo in order to enhance the atmosphere, but we should not lose detail in the picture, nor can we reduce the saturation too low, which will make the photo look "dirty".

A basic degree is that it is best to recognize the previous color after adjustment, such as adjusting the saturation of blue, it is best to see at a glance that it is still blue, but from ordinary blue to grayish blue.

(3) contrast reduces the color saturation of the picture, it is not necessary to reduce the color saturation of all colors, and it will be more attractive to retain a small amount of highly saturated contrast colors in the photo.

Here we take the photos of Japanese photographer RKRKRK introduced earlier as an example:

In the above photo, we can obviously see that the buildings on both sides of the picture are grayish blue, even close to dark gray, but there are bright spots in the photo because of the existence of some orange-yellow elements. a sense of light and dark, high and low saturation contrast arises, and the "advanced sense" appears.

Therefore, when we are editing, we should also pay attention to the screen can appropriately retain a small amount of bright colors as contrast embellishment, which can make it more attractive.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: play some Photography (ID:wakexiao), by AGER

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