Space
Tools- Crop, Hue/Saturation, Levels, Burn, Sharpen
I chose this picture for spacing be it was different from the classic spacing that what taught to us in class. I felt that it represented spacing with the sheer number of people cluster in a small area and the vertical rise in their positions from their different height levels and the handrails. The picture caught my attention because almost every person in the shot what in the same outfit, which in the West Point Cadet jackets, and that they weren't acting like strict straight back military personnel; They are relaxed and enjoying themselves. I thought that this was a good picture to chose because it was the going against the classic image of the military and that it wasn't the expected spacing shot to turn in. The picture was cropped and then the levels were evened out. I upped the saturation on the yellow in the flags and lowered the saturation in the blue of the coats to make them the more natural gray. I sharpened the center of the picture and then burned the front portion on the photo.
Lighting and Shadow
Tools: Crop, Cooling filter, Levels, Hue/Saturation
This picture I took in my basement with a paper parasol back lite by a LED flashlight. I think this represents lighting well because I couldn't take alot of picture outside because of the weather so i created a situation that worked. The back light allows for us to see the spokes of the parasol as well as the supporting structure on the inside. If your looking at it from a distance you actually can't tell whether this is a picture of the inside of the parasol or the outside, so its like an optical illusion. The created conditions allowed for pretty clear shadows and it isn't blurred. I cropped the picture so that the center was the more off to the side. I changed the levels and made the black as black as it can be then added a cooling filter to remove most of that red ting on the paper. Finally I upped the blue saturation to increase the width of the blue circle on the outer rim of the parasol.
Rule of Thirds
Tools:Crop, Red filter, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Burn
Its Christmas time! I have had success with ornament pictures in the past so I thought this would be the perfect category for this subject. My sister and I have these old fashion ornaments that we got from our grandmother so I chose one of them to be the main focus. The composition of the picture was from an upward angle with the lights being the only source of light, I also made sure there was some of the Garland in there because it matched the ornament. I cropped the picture and set the levels. Then I took the saturation down on the yellow from the lights and then upped the hue in the reds. I put on a red filter to highlight the red and finished by burning the surrounding tree and lights.
Personal Choice
Tools: Crop, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Texture Filter
I really loved this shot because it was perfectly timed; one second I had to take and the next there was someone standing in my view. Even though it doesn't look it, it was taken from the stands behind the end field and we had a perfect height for this. I was so excited bout this but i was disappointed to realized when I got back that it was slightly blurry because of the action. After cropping and fixing the levels, I" upped the hue on the yellow so that the grass actually looked green and the yellow popped. To cover for the excess blur I added a texture filter so it looked kind of like it was on canvas and that made the picture look sharp.
Nature
Tools: Crop, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Sepia Filter, Sharpen
It was hard to find something that was alive because on the winter season, so I went for something that was different. We have a massive amount of trees at my house, so naturally we had alot of nuts come down. I found a stock pile of empty shells on the ground a thought it would be perfect. I put my camera as close to the ground as possible with out it sitting down and focused on one acorn. I like that this nut seems to have the minimum amount of damage in the carnage around it. I thought this worked well for nature because it showed the winter season and what animals were doing to survive. I cropped the picture, leveled the shadows and upped the saturation on the yellow and downed the hue on the reds. To show off the browns in the shells I put a sepia filter on and sharpened the acorn slightly.
