Week 9: Dodge, Burn and Filters

This picture I altered by filtering it as well as saturating and dodging it.
The picture above I used burn to darken the sky to bring out the clouds. I also saturated it and put more blue. I filtered everything but the dome.
For this picture I filtered the background using wave.
Below are the originals.

I edited the photo above: I brightened it as well as used saturation to bring more color in. I also brought the contrast up.

This is the original photo.

I changed the background to a grey scale and then altered the color of the daisy. It reminds me of the flowers in the movie Avatar when the everything glows in the dark.

This is the original photo of the daisy.

I used Gimp to alter these photos. The photo above I cropped and changed the contrast and brightness. The photo below I took four photos I had taken and layered them on top of each other.

For this last photo I took out the telephone wire and enhanced the background using Gimp.

Week 6: assignment #2 Landscapes

Elmore Mt.

Framing picture slideshow

Week 5: Composition, Aesthetics, Framing and

"The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition" ~ Andreas Feininger

This is my picture I chose to illustrate composition. Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements, ingredients or parts in a work art. I like that there is a center as well as other eye-catching parts like the bees.

Aesthetics refers to the beauty of nature captured in all types of art. This is a tiger swallowtail butterfly. While I was standing taking pictures of the flowers this butterfly landed and stayed long enough for me to take this picture.

The Rule of Thirds (aka golden rule): divide the picture into thirds so there are 9 boxes. When the subject of the picture isn't in the middle box then the rule of thirds has been followed. I Like how the photo above shows more light and a calm mood from the clouds while the photo below has a darker tone to it from the dark clouds at the top.These are my framing shots. This first one is taken in Stowe VT.

This is the upper waterfall at jeudevine falls in Hardwick VT. This is taken in France while I was on a boat tour.

This was taken in a museum I went to while visiting France.

These next two are of the Eiffel Tower; First in the daytime and second when it was lit up at night.