Final Project

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Landscape

This Landscape is what would be called a high horizon landscape. I like that the sky and the water are so similar in hue and the mountains in dark green break that up.

Love this lighting

More Play

Photoshop play

I used the clone stamp and align to paint the second image of the kitten into the corner. I then used the heal tool to get rid of most of the blue that was around his head so that it looks more like a shadow than something I messed up.

What is it?

Bet you can't guess what it is!

Perspectives

This is one of those little knick-knack signs that my friend got for our appartment. Both my roomates went through a tough time this past week and I really like the shots I took of this, so as a tribute to my friends and roomates, I decided these would be my photos for the perspective assignment. I like that the different perspectives make each shot unique and that changing the perspective can make a shot more interesting or aesthetically pleasing.

Lighting Perspectives

Morning

Noonish

Evening

It was interesting to see how the natural lighting of the day effected how the picture came out. In the Morning, there is little contrast between the house and the sky and makes the subject(the house) blend into the background more. In the Noonish shot everything is bright and there is more obvious shadows. There isn't a haze blurring the treeline which provides more contrast. The Evening shot, althought the hardest by far to take, is my favorite.This is because the white house stands out so much. The top is a little blurred but this is because I don't have tri-pod at the moment. I'll have to try the shot again when I get one.

Rule of Thirds

Middle

Rule of Thirds

Although I like the close up on the second picture, I like that the photo with the orchid in the middle draws you in just as much. I think this is due to the vines that extend out from the focus. Not to mention these vines create a frame using a triangle. oth of which are ways to make your composition more exciting.

Framing

Photo Compositional Research

http://photoinf.com
under basic photographic techniques
Perspective

Complementary Color Using a Macro Lense

Lupin and Buttercups from my mother's garden

Monochromatic Color Using a Macro Lense

Foliage in my mother's garden

Macro Lense

I had fun playing with my Macro lense although I realized shortly after taking all of my pictures of flowers and foliage, that I actually have another setting that is designed for close-ups of flowers. I'm not sure that I have figured out all of the ins and outs of the macro lense just yet but I do feel like I get the basic principles of it. I like that there is a lot of definition in the pictures that are taken using a macro lense although it took some practice getting the zoom and macro lense to like each other. Maybe I need a little more practice.

First Try With Photoshop

Lakes Region, NH

In photoshop we played with Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation

Its not too different from the original but the color is definately intensified as is the contrast.

Welcome

This is a photo journal of my exploaration of digital photography, photoshop and whatever else my Digital Photography class has in store for me.