2. Visual Brainstorm HDR Converging Lines Tony Howell Black and white Slow shutter Michael Kenna Rule Of Thirds
3. This picture is very likely HDR. The colours are very vivid in this picture, and may have had a contrast increase. The lighting is natural. I really like the vivid colors of this photograph. This picture is in black and white. This darkens the mood, and it seems very solitary. The lighting is natural. I like the mood this photograph gives. Further Brainstorming This picture is likely HDR. The color balance seems to be changed to be pinkish. The lighting is natural. The colors in this photograph are very vivid and the reflection of the mountains looks great.
4. HDR HDR is a form of image processing what involves either merging a set of the same photograph at different exposures, or a form of computer rendering. This allows for a greater dynamic range of luminance. This basically shows more detail than a normal photograph.
5. Panorama Panoramas are made by merging a set of different photographs together at the sides. this allows the photograph to be a picture of a whole place, instead of one detail.
8. Initial Shoot Greyscales and comparisons Putting pictures in grayscale mainly makes the mood darker. If you compare these two photographs, the one on the left portrays a worse mood than the one on the right.
9. Initial Shoot HDR Comparisons The most notable difference with HDR is the detail. The HDR version of the photograph is noticeably more colorful, and the detail is easier to see (particularly the sky on these two). It also makes the exposure more equal.
10. Initial Shoot Different HDR Developments Both of these photographs are HDR, but they are both rendered differently. The photograph on the left is rendered with high smoothing. This makes the photograph look realistic with HDR qualities. The one on the right has low smoothing. This makes it look unrealistic, but gives it an abstract feel.
11. Initial Shoot Panoramic Photographs This photograph is a panorama made from 10 photographs. The main quality of panoramic photographs is that they give a very large view of an area. Some photographers have made 360 degree panoramas, using flash. This is not possible with a standard panorama.
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14. Evaluation 1 Content This is a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge, in New York. The title is just self named, so this does not change the way we see the photograph. The aperture is medium, and this blurs parts of the bridge further away. Form The colour is black and white, and this greatly affects the mood. This darkens the picture and its mood, and the archway is specifically black. The picture is high contrast, strengthening the colour of the archway. This picture is filled with converging lines, because the bridge is a suspension bridge. I think the converging lines make the picture much better, and the photographer must have noticed this from the first time he walked across the bridge. Process The photograph was taken outside, and very likely at night time, since there is no people in sight. The sky is blurred so much that it is a gradient instead of normal sky, showing that this picture has had a very long exposure. As I said earlier, the aperture has been purposely put on a medium setting, to keep most of the detail but blur far away parts of the bridge. Mood This picture is very eerie, especially since people are not walking across the bridge. It seems weird that the place seems deserted, especially in New York. This picture is filled with converging lines. This picture shows the perspective of the bridge very well.
15. Evaluation 2 This picture is very grainy, and gives it a darkened mood. Content In this photo, there is a line of lampposts along a street. There is a deserted chair next to the first lamppost. I do not know the title of this photograph. I believe this picture has been distorted on purpose. The picture seems very ghostly, and looks very eerie. Form The picture is in black and white. This darkens the mood, and makes it seem more eerie. Adding to that, the picture is low contrast, giving it a ghostly feel. The rule of thirds is used well in this photograph. There is no obvious converging lines, however. Process This picture was taken outside, and very likely at night, or early morning, since the lampposts are lit. It was likely taken on a long shutter, since firstly, Kenna is well known for taking pictures with long exposures, and secondly, the lights are very blurred. It is very hard to tell the aperture since it is so grainy. Mood This picture seems very eerie. The graininess makes it seem like an old black and white horror movie.
22. Images in the style of These are desaturated versions of what I believe were the 4 best photographs of my shoot.
23. Images in the style of This is my favourite photograph of the whole shoot.
24. Tony Howell Tony Howell is a landscape photographer from Somerset, in England. His style is very simple , high quality photographs. His clients include the BBC and National Geographic. This landscape is simple and not edited much. He uses the rule of thirds very well, especially with the cliffs. On the other hand, this photograph looks heavily edited and maybe even HDR. Once again, he uses the rule of thirds very well.
25. Evaluation 1 Content In this photograph, there is a lighthouse taken at night time. This was taken on a beach in Burnham-on-Sea. The photographer lives around this area, and wanted to take a picture at night. Form This photograph is in colour, and taken at a normal contrast level. The photograph uses the rule of thirds very well, much like most of Howell’s work. The photograph has been taken in a way that shows the perspective of the lighthouse. Process The photograph was taken outside at night. It has had a very long exposure, as the sky is a gradient and the lights are blurred. The aperture seems low, since the background is blurred. Mood This photograph makes me feel calm. The starry sky with the light of the lighthouse looks very calming. Howell’s use of the rule of thirds and perspective.
32. Images in the style of These are photographs that have been adjusted with Shadow/Highlight. I think these are the best 4 photographs of the shoot.
33. Images in the style of This is my favourite photograph of the whole shoot.
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35. Further Experiment I: Blending This photograph is 9 photographs taken on a tripod over around 10 seconds in the same place. The opacity of each photograph was changed so the first photograph the person is 100% opacity, while the last photograph the person is at only 10% opacity. Even though this photograph was taken on a tripod that was not moved while taking the photograph, there is slight ghosting. This is because although I did not move the tripod, my slight finger movement to press the shutter made a tiny movement in the whole photograph.
36. Further Experiment II: Shadow/Highlight The Shadow/Highlight adjustment on Photograph seem semi HDR, although it really is not. Using Colour Correction, it allows blues to be seen in the sky where really, it is not blue.
37. Final Piece Standard This photograph is a panorama of a 12 photographs. I attempted to put this into HDR, only to find that contrast was lost in the city. The photograph is this shape, because I wanted to keep the bench and the top of the trees in the shot, as this helps with the composition.
38. Final Piece Final This photograph is a combination of the HDR version and the non HDR version. This photograph has the city in the non HDR version, and the fence, trees and bench, etc, are from the HDR version. This makes the composition a lot better, since there is much more detail with the bench, etc.
