Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Astrophotography: Set the object off center and let star density carry depth
- Type
- Set in Astrophotography's manner (Name object, instrument and wavelength, and state the color assignment), and let Photomicrography's lettering (Put magnification and a scale bar in the frame with the specimen name) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Astrophotography's material (Stack exposures for range and keep a record of how far it was pushed); bring in exactly one thing from Photomicrography (Separate tissues by polarized or fluorescent color and record the basis).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Photographic Genres, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
- Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.
Caution
- Astrophotography Saturation and stretching get pushed for impact until no one can tell which part of the image is measurement and which part is presentation.
- Photomicrography Scale bar and magnification get dropped while the color is being made beautiful, and the result becomes decoration that no longer works as a scientific figure.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Astrophotography (Technique, 1840–) and its accent from Photomicrography (Technique, 1840s–). Structural cues: Long-exposure starfields; Images through instruments; Designed false color; The sublime of scale. Accent cues, used sparingly: Structures beyond sight; Specimens on black; Polarized and fluorescent color; The wonder of symmetry. Composition: Set the object off center and let star density carry depth. Type and lettering: Name object, instrument and wavelength, and state the color assignment. Let one material quality come from the second style: Separate tissues by polarized or fluorescent color and record the basis. Mood: Exhilaration, Technology, Calm. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Astrophotography 1840– / Technique / Photographic Genres
From Whipple's daguerreotype of the Moon to Hubble's Pillars of Creation, long exposures and instruments have turned the invisible universe into pictures. Assigning false color to scientific data is a design decision, and it shapes the public image of space.
- Photomicrography 1840s– / Technique / Photographic Genres
Scientific photography that records, through a microscope, structures the eye cannot reach. Bentley's snowflakes proved the scientific image could be beautiful, and that claim runs on through polarized color and fluorescence to the Nikon Small World of today.
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