Week 8: Light & Color

I added light to this picture to change the color of the orange.  It seems that it changed the whole outlook on the mushrooms.

 

This is the original picture, taken in the late afternoon.

I darkened the picture a bit to get more color out of the barn boards and the green grass.  I didn't change it a lot, but just enough to make things pop out a little more.

This is the original photo of the tractor.  The brightness of the sun seems to bleach out some of the natural colors of the grass and the barn boards.

Week 7: Photo Editing

This is the original picture with the road and tree on the left hand side with no leaves

I cropped the picture so that the bare tree and road are no longer in it.  The beautiful red maple trees are more the focus now.

This is the original picture with the opposing team on the field.

I took and cropped the opposing team out of the picture so that you have a better view of Lyndon Institute and the flowers that spell out LYNDON.

Week 6 Landscaping Pictures

I was trying to frame the pond with the trees that surrounded it.  The colors would have been much prettier last week with the color of the leaves.

This picture I was trying to show varieties of lines in this distant picture.  The colors of the what was left on the trees was kind of muted by the gloomy day.

I tried to show a frame around the farm with the trees below and the line of the field below it.  I think that Burke Mountain and Kirby Mountain help frame it in as well.

I wanted to show the elegant lines of the wind towers.  This photo doesn't even begin to show how gigantic these things really are.  I liked the line of the mountain under the towers as well.

I was looking at the line that the farm on the horizon was creating.  It has a gradual slope to the right.  I also tried to put the farm in the lower right third of the picture.

I like the different lines that this photo has, it has to be one of my favorites.  I love the color of the maple trees against the green grass and the brown fence.

Week 5 Slideshow

Week 5 Reading

"Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. "  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche


Aesthetics is a part of philosophy that has to do with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and creation and appreciation of beauty.  It is a study of sensory or sensori-emotional values.

I read the article on http://photoinf.com/General/NAVY/Photographic_composition_Balance.htm.  I guess I never really stopped to think about all the different characteristics that go into a great photo.  You rarely capture a perfect picture on a whim.  Most are staged and prepared to come out the way that you want it to.  I think that we often forget about the beauty around us because we see it all day, by stopping and taking pictures of things around us, we can forever appreciate it, even if it's not there some day.

Week 4 Photos

   I chose this picture for my complementary photo.  I think the colors blend well together and give your eye multiple things to view.

     I chose this lily as my analogous photo.  The orange and yellow are close on the color wheel and blend well together.  I like the texture in this flower as well.
 Thought I would try my complimentary picture again.  The pink is accented by the green of the stems.