Photography evaluation

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Photography strength & weaknesses I took pictures of various flowers for a gardening leaflet, and the four best pictures were already the most colourful of the photos. The first photo had great composition, as the flowers in the background arched away from the focus flower and the colour were complimented greatly by the green. When I edited it I made the colours stand out more and it looked really good, but the building in the background ruins the photo by being very out of place in the image and the lens flare ruins the photo because it doesn’t fit into the image and looks like it was forced in. The second photo at first was pretty bad, as the main subject was in the centre of the photo and there was a lot of negative space. But I cropped it so that the flower is in the rule of thirds, and changed the curves to make the flowers stand out much more than the green and the detail in the flower is easily. But, the green seems too dark, and the grass looks weirdly red and the shadows look to out of place for the image. The third photo had great lighting and it cast really good shadows, and the flowers looked great with the light shining on them. I messed around with the exposure and made the light shadows work even better, but the light bleached the plants and it looked really uncanny, but the bee on the flower looks really good on the flower, redeeming parts if the photo. The shadows and the light on the leaves looked much better then the flowers. The fourth photo had varied colours and the flowers worked well with each other, when I edited the photo, I made the green brighter to make the overall photo much more colourful. But the image looks blurred on the flowers and the yellow flowers seem unnaturally bright and seem a bit out of place.

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Photography  strength  &  weaknesses    

I  took  pictures  of  various  flowers  for  a  gardening  leaflet,  and  the  four  best  pictures  were  already  the  most  colourful  of  the  photos.  The  first  photo  had  great  composition,  as  the  flowers  in  the  background  arched  away  from  the  focus  

flower  and  the  colour  were  complimented  greatly  by  the  green.  When  I  edited  it  I  made  the  colours  stand  out  more  and  it  looked  really  good,  but  the  building  in  the  background  ruins  the  photo  by  being  very  out  of  place  in  the  image  and  the  lens  flare  ruins  the  photo  because  it  doesn’t  fit  into  the  image  and  looks  like  it  was  forced  in.    

The  second  photo  at  first  was  pretty  bad,  as  the  main  subject  was  in  the  centre  of  the  photo  and  there  was  a  lot  of  negative  space.  But  I  cropped  it  so  that  the  flower  is  in  the  rule  of  thirds,  and  changed  the  curves  to  make  the  flowers  stand  out  much  more  than  the  green  and  the  detail  in  the  flower  is  easily.  But,  the  green  seems  too  dark,  and  the  grass  looks  weirdly  red  and  the  shadows  look  to  out  of  place  for  the  image.  

The  third  photo  had  great  lighting  and  it  cast  really  good  shadows,  and  the  flowers  looked  great  with  the  light  shining  on  them.  I  messed  around  with  the  exposure  and  made  the  light  shadows  work  even  better,  but  the  light  bleached  the  plants  and  it  looked  really  uncanny,  but  the  bee  on  the  flower  looks  really  good  on  the  flower,  redeeming  parts  if  the  photo.  The  shadows  and  the  light  on  the  leaves  looked  much  better  then  the  flowers.  

The  fourth  photo  had  varied  colours  and  the  flowers  worked  well  with  each  other,  when  I  edited  the  photo,  I  made  the  green  brighter  to  make  the  overall  photo  much  more  colourful.  But  the  image  looks  blurred  on  the  flowers  and  the  yellow  flowers  seem  unnaturally  bright  and  seem  a  bit  out  of  place.      

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Professional  comparison    

When  my  photos  are  compared  to  the  photo  below,  you  can  see  that  there  is  no  real  focus  in  any  of  the  photos,  showing  almost  no  detail,  and  that  they  look  artificial  with  how  bright  they  are.  The  image  uses  the  right  adjustments  to  make  the  colour  work  really  well  and  contrasting  colours  work  really  well  with  each  other,  the  contrasting  colours  in  some  of  my  photos  works  better  then  other  photos.    

     

Fitness  for  purpose    

My  photos  would  work  well  in  a  small  gardening  leaflet  for  a  local  gardening  centre  or  any  small  local  events,  but  it  wouldn’t  work  for  well  known  gardening  magazines  or  high  tier  gardening  websites  as  most  of  the  images  look  too  artificial,  too  saturated,  could  be  hard  to  look  at  and  that  the  cropping  doesn’t  look  like  it  would  work  in  any  big  magazines  as  it’s  focus  on  the  main  subject  and  might  be  a  bit  confusing  to  look  at  because  it  not  focused  on  anything  in  particular,  it  might  be  boring  look  at  because  of  the  negative  space.  But  it  would  work  for  a  local  leaflet,  as  people  would  think  colourful  and  stands  out  and  would  make  people  more  likely  to  visit  the  store.