Macro Photography Assignment

Before

"Perspective"

"Perspective" - Balance

     I chose to take a photo of this pine cone because of how much detail I could see on it. The element of design in this picture is balance. The pine cone is on an attractive angle and is balanced with the company of a chestnut shell. To enhance this photo, I cropped it slightly to have a more rule of thirds look present. I wanted the photo to have more colour in it, because it looked dull and boring by itself. I adjusted the hue and saturation, along with the contrast to bring the colour and details to life. 

Before

"Tears of Joy"

"Tears of Joy" - Texture 

     I chose to take a photo of this plant because it is unfamiliar to me and I really like the colour of red-purple that is in the leaves. The element of design portrayed in this picture is texture, because of the rain droplets on it. To enhance this picture, I cropped it to show one main leaf which had the largest rain drops on it, and the largest rain drop in the lower middle-left corner is my focal point. I adjusted the saturation to give the leaves a more vibrant red look, and adjusted the contrast to make the leaf, and rain features crisper. This is my favourite photo, and I really like how it turned out. 

Before

"The Last One Standing"

"The Last One Standing" - Colour

     I chose to take this photo because roses are gorgeous flowers that have lots of detail, and always look excellent in pictures. The element of design shown in this picture is colour, because of the vibrant red in the rose. To enhance this photo, I cropped it using the rule of thirds vertically, for interest. I adjusted the contrast, and saturation slightly, to increase vibrancy, but the rose did not need too much enhancing.

Photo Restoration

After

Before

This is my photo restoration project.

     To restore this photo, I made a duplicate layer, and converted the photo to black and white. The black and white style that I used is called "Portraits", and I also slightly adjusted the contrast to my liking. From there, I cropped the picture to take out the tears behind the older girl, because that part of the photo was not too important, making it just extra work to fix on my part. I made a separate duplicate layer, so I could work on the older child's face, then used a clone stamp to complete her face, and the rest of the photo, adjusting the brush size when needed. I like how this one turned out a lot more than the photo below.

Before

     This is the second photo that I repaired.
To restore this photo, I made a duplicate layer, cropped the sides and bottom, and converted it to black and white. The style of black and white I used is called urban landscapes, and I also adjusted the contrast a bit to make it look better. From there, I used the clone stamp to finish the photo, and I also used a white brush for the blanket/bed that the baby's hands are laying on, which I think ended up being too bright. I don't really like how this one turned out, I did it all in Monday's period, because I forgot to put this photo in my g-drive, and my computer would not turn on. I had already half finished this photo on my computer, and I think it was better on my computer.

After

Composite Photo

"Olympics in Space, 2185"

     This is my composite photo. The concept of this photo was to portray the Olympics being held in space in the far future, year 2185. The astronaut symbolizes an athlete on their way to their event, and the spaceship in the sky is athletes coming from Earth to compete.

     To make this photo, I used six photos, one of which is my own photo. I started out by using my photo of the Olympic torch in Vancouver, BC. In the photo, there was my friends, and I, many people in the background, along with mountains, boats and lots of other things to erase. It took me a while but I got rid of all of the distractions using the eraser and lasso tools, and also using another photo of this torch, that did not have people standing on the cement ledge, so I could cover the spot where we were standing. For the sky, I used a pink and green galaxy sky, which I liked because they are pretty close to being complementary colours, added a spaceship, and planet. I fit both of those objects to a well fitting size, and adjusted the brightness, and saturation on them, especially for the planet, so its colour matched the sky better. I then placed a cracked ground in behind the layers of the sky and Olympic torch, and later put in an astronaut waving. For the astronaut, I had to adjust his brightness, and opacity a bit, so he wouldn't look so fake.

     I am much more pleased with how this image turned out, in comparison to the image I originally made.