Thursday, April 30, 2009

Attractive/Repulsive Photos

This is the second repulsive photo I took; again I took it outside just because I think the lighting is better outside than inside. I thought this would work well for this project because cigarettes are disgusting, but yet the background has great color and it is a pretty background. I set the ashtray so that the cigarette butts were like leading you off into the background, but again with this picture I used my digital macro setting, so that the cigarette butts are main focus of the picture. Also, with this picture I used the color balance tool.

This is the first repulsive photo I took; I took it because the strawberries still had a bright red color to them but also had the mold. I took the picture outside on my back porch just because I love the natural light then the ordinary household lights. I really like this picture because the first strawberry is like leading you to the others and off into the grass, which I really like because the grass is blurry and you really focus on the strawberries. I used the digital macro setting on my camera to really get the details of the strawberries and the colors of the mold, because it is a green and white color. I also used color balance on this photo and I really like how it turned out.


This is the second attractive picture I took; I took it outside after I found this sun leaning against my garage. I used my digital macro setting to really get the details of the sun, and the color balance tool to really enhance the colors. I put it off to the side so I wouldn’t break the rule of thirds, also because then you get a nice view of the background too. You may not think this picture is that attractive, but when I think of sun I think of oceans and Mexico. I think that oceans and Mexico are so beautiful, so the image of the sun is really attractive to me. The lighting of the picture is also very helpful for the colors in the picture, which I believe, make the picture.
This was the first attractive picture I took; it was in my neighbors yard by a tree with an angel wind chime hanging from it. They are there because her daughter passed away with cancer at a very young age, and she always says that her daughter is her angel. I thought this would work well for my attraction picture because angels are beautiful, but also the reason they are there I think is beautiful. I also really like how the angels are in a line, they are leading you off into the background also, but yet the background is not taking the focus away from the angels. I used the color balance tool and now this picture has great color and is one of my favorites, I also really like how this picture turned out.


2 comments:

  1. i like the angle of your statues in that last picture chels.

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  2. i see you took my advise, with the top one.

    glad to see,
    and good idea with the strawberries as well.

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