This first group of photos, I was walking back from Astronomy class, and I noticed this clock and knew I wanted to use this for my assignment. This was the base photo I took:
I thought "okay, this isn't too bad, but i can't really read the clock, and I want to only focus on one side instead of two. Plus the building in the background is kind of random. So I came up with this second image:
I like how the clock is very prominent in this photo, but the attention is taken away because of the blue dome in the back and the reflection of tree branches. So maybe a different side of the clock would be better so the branches wouldn't reflect, hence the third image:
This one is pretty good. But I thought the angle on the clock was too low, and that it was awkwardly cut off at the edge. So picture number four:
I loved the outcome of this image, even with the reflecting branches. I think there is image balance with the tree on the left. I just wanted a little closer of a shot:
And here is the outcome of the clock photo journey! I still wish that the branches weren't so visible, but it doesn't ruin the image, and kind of adds a unique element. I just really liked that tree in the background, there wasn't really a reason for it.
Because I liked the tree so much, I thought maybe I could get some interesting pictures in a garden, so I went to the statue garden. I've always liked the gated entrance, so that's what I took my picture of:
This image is just plain awful. I hate both buildings in the background, and the blue statue, and how the gate isn't centered. I decided to focus on the gate:
Better, but odd. It's an odd angle, and the building and statue are still visible. So I decided to go closer:
It was this image I realized I loved how the rust looked on the flowers, and that to avoid the building, I would need an extreme close up, so that's what I went for:
The flower looked awesome. BUT THE PESKY BUILDING WAS STILL THERE. I needed to either point the camera down or up, and up looked a bit more interesting:
Even though you can't see much of the gate, you can tell it has some significance, even meshed in with these tall trees. I love how this turned out.
I wanted to try and turn a dead-ish plant into something cool looking.. so I started with a wide shot of some dead bushes:
Okay, so this image is so completely ugly. But I really liked the coloring of the bush on the right, and thought a close up would be cool:
Okay better, better. But the color seems faded. So I tried an even closer shot with a play on the light to get some color:
Awesome. Great, we got some color. But the image is dull. It's straight forward and just not interesting to look at. It was at this moment, I looked straight up and liked the way the clouds looked in the sky, and I thought, holy crap, this could make for a killer picture. So I knelt down in the dirt and pointed my camera up:
Boom. My favorite picture in this whole set of photos in this blog. The leaves look so mighty because of how close they are. They look more significant than the huge trees in the background. I loved the whole idea of how unsaturated the foliage looks, and then the hint of blue from the sky. I find it interesting how at first I wanted color in this sequence of images, and ended up loving the hint of color instead.
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