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Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

Today I rounded up 37 great examples of images in cool tones. The tone or color of your image can create or shift the mood and meaning if your image and is a very powerful compositional tool when used well.

This week your goal is to practice creating cool tones in your photography.

Photography challenge – cool tones

Here are a few examples of images with cool tones.

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Kelsi Barr

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Chris Smith

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Brandon Watts

You can create a color tint in your image a few different ways:

  • By shooting at blue hour
  • Adjusting your white balance
  • Changing the color in post-processing
  • Using a colored filter on your lens

It’s your turn to get shooting, show me your blue or cool images.

Share your cool tone images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

Here are some more  examples:

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Barbara Willi

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Matthew Paulson

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Edward Townend

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By zacharmstrong

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By aphotoshooter

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Leland Francisco

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Giorgos~

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Ateens Chen

Photography Challenge: Master Cool Tones for Moody, Impactful Shots

By Dave Campbell


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