My Image
-This is a photo that I have taken myself. In this photo I
have taken a picture of a grouping of some plants for my theme of nature. I got
the idea for this photo by a Professional photograph from the Internet which is
very similar in the positioning, lighting and type of plants or elements used.
-To get this particular image, I changed the camera settings
to ‘Close up’ and switched the camera lense setting to ‘Macro’. This was so
that I could get the detail that wanted in the photograph, but also a blurred
background.
-I wanted to have a blurred background so that all of the
attention was focused on the plants up front. This helps to create some
interest as the background looks like a gradient of different greens and
browns, which is a good affect to have in my opinion.
-There is very good lighting in this photograph which helps
to express the detail in the photograph. I like the affect on the plants like
those on the bottom left, where half is bright, and the other half is darkened
with shadows.
-I very much like the composition of the photo. This is
because of the position of some of the particular plants. To start, on the
right side, there are two plants branching over and meeting at the top, which I
like because it looks very affective as a photograph. Another reason is like
the plants on the right, there are two more plants interweaving through overs
to meet on the opposite side of the photograph.
I am also a fan of this photograph because the majority of the plants
are positioned off to the right side, which was the affect that I was trying to
achieve whilst taking the photo.
-I love the simplicity of the photograph, as it simply is
plants, made to look affective, by using a range of techniques. I have used
Rule of Thirds in this photograph but I did not want to use it in an extreme
way. I don’t want them far to a corner, just not centre. I got this idea from
the photograph from the Internet.
-I believe it is a fairly good shot size. This is because
there is plenty of room around the min objects, so it doesn’t look like they
are jammed into a frame.
This is the slightly altered version of my own photograph.
As you can see, the colours are much more vibrant and bright. I completed this
so that it matches the professional example that little bit more.
Here are the Photoshop CS6 settings that I used:
Hue: +11
Saturation: +55
Lightness: -3
Professional Image
from Internet
-I like this photograph because also because of the
simplicity factor. This photograph may still be far more complex than the
photograph I taken, but the idea is very simple indeed. Yet taken very well to
create a large amount of interest in the photograph.
-I like the focal points in the photograph. It is aimed more
at the left side, with an exception of the plant on the right. Because it is
only focusing on the closer plants, the background seems to gradually lose
focus, which is a good affect.
-There is also good composition in the photograph, as I like
how the large grouping of plants is on the left, and one lonely plant on the
right. I find this interesting that this has been included as it helps to give
the photograph a more unique appearance and feel.
-I feel that there are good lighting affects in the
photograph as I like the bright tops of the plants, but then the darker and
shadowed underneath of each plant. It helps us to see the detail and the
sharpness of the plants etc.
Overall I believe that my photograph is very similar to the
professional example. The lighting, composition, detail and the techniques used
a similar. I do believe that the professional example is far more constructive
than my photograph, and that the photographer probably thought far more about the
elements of the photograph. But I very much like my photograph. The
professional example has a slightly larger shot size than my own, and is much
more complicated than my own. I believe that the professional photograph is
slightly brighter than my own so I will try and alter my own photograph in
Photoshop.
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