Photo Evaluations

Photo Evaluation

A website based on trains asked for photos to do with trains and train stations

An Exhibition on Sunsets

As a Concept - Black and White photos with one colour visible

Edited Photo 3

Un-edited photo

Edited Photo - To edit this photo, first I duplicated the original photo.  Then I changed the original photo to black and white. Then I selected the coloured photo again, selected the colour range tool, then selected the area of the photo with the colour I anted to keep, then changed the fuzziness until all of the bits I wanted were selected.  I then selected the magic wand tool and refined the edges, to do this I changed the radius to 0.5, changed the smooth feature to 2 and the feather feature to 2 as well.  This enhanced the colour.  This photo looks more effective because the bright yellow colour attracts attention more and makes the picture stand out a lot more.  The reason I chose to keep just the yellow colour in the picture is because it is a bright, eye catching colour that attracts attention.  This is a good photo because it attracts the attention of the viewer.  It attracts attention because the yellow is really bright and the white is a really pure and crisp colour.

Extra photos taken - Others

These are going to be used for an exhibition on beaches

These are going to be used for an exhibition on plants

These are for a client requirement based on various shots of animals

As a Concept - These photos demonstrate the differences of the sun/sunsets in the summer

Edited Photo 2

This is the unedited photo.

I have only edited this photo a little bit, to enhance the lighting. This makes the sky look brighter and the water looks more detailed.  In the edited version, the cloud reflections look clearer, this helps to draw attention to the picture.  Also the sun reflection at the front of the picture is brighter, this also helps to draw attention to the picture because it is an unusual aspect to be in a picture.

Edited Photo 1

 This is the unedited version.

This is the edited version.  I think this edit makes the photo look more interesting because it puts the main focus on the spider.  It also catches the eye of a person looking at it more because it puts all of the focus onto the spider.

Ideas for Taking Photos

Some Examples of some Close Up Photos

This is a good example because the photo is not completely focused, this draws attention to the part of the photo that is in focus. The difference in lighting also brings effect to the photo. 

This photo is a good example of a close up because the object that is focused on is completely in focus and is the main subject of the close up.

This is also a good close up picture because there is nothing going on in the background, the picture is simply the leaf and the water droplet. Only part of the leaf is in focus which draws the viewer into looking at the water droplet.

Symmetrical Photographs

This photo is symmetrical because in the center of the photo there is a silhouette of a church tower, then either side there are trees of the same height and size roughly the same distance away from the church. The clouds above the church are also the same size, shape and width. But whereas the the silhouettes are vertically symmetrical, the clouds above the silhouettes are horizontally symmetrical because the clouds look very similar in most ways. 

 This photo isn't a completely symmetrical photo because even though the girls are stood in exactly the same position and are the same width away from the edge of the photo they are not wearing the same clothing, don't have the same hairstyle and are not the same height and weight.

 

This photo is symmetrical because the bars of the fence are the same and there are the same amount of bars on either side of the photo.  Also on the edges of the picture there are two parts of the pointed ends of the fence on either side of the photo.  The sun is directly in the center of the picture, therefore the colours of the sky are distributed evenly and symmetrically as well.

Edited photo

An example of a photo showing the rule of thirds.