Landscapes- Period 1

These are my two landscapes.

The first one if a close up of a tree's leaves right as the sun was hitting it over the top of a building. It was the perfect moment to do so. I focused in on a close up set of leaves, leaving the further back leave out of focused. I then took the image into photoshop to up the contrast and blurred the back leaves even more.

The second image i did the same concept, except before the sun peered over the hill in the early morning.  It was of a dead plant, and all i did in photoshop was up the contrast, brighten the image and then uped the saturation by two points.

Paul Strand- Period 6

Paul Strand was my inspiration for this first assignment. I admired how he used shadows to create an inter esting composition, using film. I tried mimicking the shadow effect using a metal door with indents in it and used a tripod to create the straight lines interjecting into the light.

I had so tree interferrance with the picture and it was early in the morning so the light wasn't strong enough to make a strong shadow. But i'm satisfied for now with the result. I may come back later and redo the image.