Unit 9 – feed back
- 1. UNIT 9 – Feed Back Liam Geary BTEC Media
- 3. Image Evaluation: 1 BEFORE AFTER This image was taken using a slow shutter speed using a tripod. This is so I could get the best quality. As you can see the original image was low in contrast. This is due to saturation from the iSO allowing light to enter the lens. When importing this into Photoshop I used tools: Contrast, Sharpness and HDR Toning. The Leaves in the background were originally blurred. This is because I was using a high depth of field. The image that I have taken was staged on a shady day. This was an extreme disadvantage to the image because I was using macro lenses which further reduced light entering the shutter. However, using a high field of depth allowed the leaves behind the flower to become blurred. I used this as an advantage once I had added colour to the image and created a glow feature around the leaves.
- 4. Image Evaluation: 2 ORIGINAL This image was taken using the same settings from image 1. In contrast I did not use any image manipulation tools on this image. It has been left in its original state. In my opinion I would of liked to raised the concentration on the white seeds on the flower. I feel it would of created a more attractive view on the image it self. The image was taken with the camera in hand while I was led on the grass. The wind was blowing this flower about so I didn’t use the macro lenses for this. Even though I didn’t raise the Shutter speed I managed to achieve a beautiful eye on view of this flower.
- 5. Image Evaluation: 3 When walking around the forest it started to rain. Came prepared with water proofs for my camera I set to try and get a shot a water droplet in close up action rolling down a leave. The original image was smeared with a white light because I use flash to bring out the water droplet shining in the light. However I quickly fixed this in Photoshop using Exposure composition and Vibrance tools. I am happy with this image and wouldn’t change anything about it. BEFORE AFTER
- 6. Image Evaluation: 4 Taking live action shots is one of my favourite macro genres. This photo brings out how spiders hunt for their prey. Using the macro lenses to my advantage I set my field of depth to 24f and used a fast iSO speed. However this reduces the quality of the image but it is not the quality I focused on in this image. This image has had no editing done to it because I am happy with the original image I took. In my opinion I would of liked to of captured the action a second earlier as it jumped on the bug caught in its web. The setting I used was TV. This is because it works well with action shots in my opinion and I could achieve maximum quality o what I was taking. The Field of Depth at a high setting bought out the spiders web also.
- 7. Image Evaluation: 5 AFTER BEFORE This is one of my favourite images I took. When taking the image I could take time with it because the spider was still for a long time. Using a low depth of field because I felt the green in the background would look good in focus & a low iSO I was able to capture the superb detail on this spider. In my opinion if I had to change anything, I would change the angle the image was taken at. I would of liked to achieve a shot with a fully detailed head. Because the camera didn’t pick up much of the light (Due to shade) I used HDR Toning and contrast to bring out the colours in the image. Overall I feel the image is very attractive and eye catching because at First glance it confuses the mind but is easy to understand.
- 8. Image Evaluation: 6 This image does indeed look like it has been edited using shadow and gradient tools. However it has not! What you can see here is a contrast between two different scenes. A dark room and then lifting the cap to the picture of the bee you can see. What happens is the camera try's to focus while the cap is lifted. In my opinion I should of taken the image further back because it is too close up. However that would evade the point of Macro. Concluding: I feel this image is intresting but lacks in colour.
- 9. Image Evaluation: 7 BEFORE AFTER As you can see the original image was low in contrast and exposure to light due to macro tubes. When importing this into Photoshop I used tools: Contrast, Sharpness and HDR Toning. The Leaves in the background were originally blurred. This is because I was using a high depth of field. The owl’s eye was very dark so I highlighted the area I wanted to change and used exposure tools and saturation colour tools to make the eye more attractive and appealing.
- 10. FEEDBACK Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Which image do you most prefer? (State a number) 1 2 5 5 3 Why did you prefer it? It caught my eye. I really like it Because the colour of the eye is so power full, it’s a nice image I like it. The colours are vibrant It stands out Very cool Would you change anything with it? No yes No no no Image you unlike & Why? (State a number) 4. It lacks intrest 7. I do believe you could have made the colour of the bee stand out more make the yellow/ more bright. I like all of them 1 its spooky 7