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High key:
An image comprising predominantly light tones and often imparting an ethereal or romantic appearance
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High key. Low key. You would think I was talking about playing a musical instrument when in fact I am talking photography. High-key lighting refers to lighting that eliminates shadows, while low-key lighting creates shadows .

HIGH KEY - An image that is mainly made up of light tones, which relatively few mid-tones or shadows.
HIGHLIGHT - The brightest area of a subject or scene.
HIGHLIGHT DETAIL - Details that are visible in areas of an image that are brightest.

High key
Term describing a photograph which contains large areas of light tones, with few mid-tones or shadows.
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High key
A light image that is intentionally lacking in shadow detail.
High-bit
An RGB system or image containing more than 24 bits of colour data per pixel.

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A scene with delicate tones or pastel colours.
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High key: Describes an image consisting of light and delicate tones.
Highlights: Brightest and lightest parts of a subject.

High key:
An image that contains large areas of light tones and little mid-tones or shadows.
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High key.
A photographic style in which most of the image is white or brightly lit - very little midrange tonality or shadowing.
cf. highlights, low key.

high key image
an image that is mostly white.
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plastic that is suitable for use above 175ºC (347ºF).

High Key: An image that mainly consists of highlights and midtones.
High Resolution: Basically, any image that is displayed in better quality by increasing the number of dots, or pixels, per inch than normal.

High Key
Lighting that results in predominantly middle-gray to white tones. Tip: Use white or light sets, wardrobe, and Makeup; also, soft Flat Light, Back Light, and possibly camera-lens Diffusion.

High key - photograph which contains large areas of light tones, with few middle tomes or shadows.

"High Key" exposure setting
Because digital cameras are more like slide film than negative film, in that they tend to have a more limited tonal range, ...

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Set the type of gradation, High Key extends bright gradations, Low Key extends dark gradations.

HIGH KEY-A term applied to a photographic print or subject consisting entirely of light tones with little contrast; also applied to a method of lighting a subject.

High Key High key subjects concentrate on the white or light tones, and using soft and flat overall lighting to minimize shadows.

High key scenes, on the other hand, often produce images which are significantly underexposed. Fortunately, underexposure is usually more forgiving than overexposure (although this compromises your signal to noise ratio).

High key images can be knockouts. Low key images are often failures, both because most monitors are not properly calibrated but also because prints are reflective but the screen glows, and the impact of low key images is radically different.

to Fuji, the 50 ISO is accurate, but the film is unusual in the way it records mid tones and exposed 'correctly' will appear denser than you might expect. They then go on to suggest a higher film speed (eg 64 ISO) when photographing high key subjects ...

Since the contrast issue can also affect very bright subjects, I've also heard of people who shoot high key shots at ISO 64. Personally, I've never found this to be an issue although I do watch the highlights to avoid blowing them out.

If for instance you feel the mood of an image is enhanced by darkening a stormy sky with -1/2 EV or creating a high key portrait by compensating with +1/2 EV please do so.

See also: Image, Light, Camera, Contrast, Photograph