Film Photography

This was one of my favourite film photographs I took becuase the shadows of the banches and tree stumps give an eerie mood. The trailing path adds depth to the photo as it makes the eye follow it.  There is also lots of natural shape and compotition with all the trees almost tangled together.        

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Experiment- double exposure final 

Monochromatic version- this was my preferred finsihed photo at the end as after the colour photo i played about with the gradiant and made it black and white which reflects the photo i was looking at emulating. The photo has more drama and contrast,but again it needs to be less busy landscape and the hands need to be taken at a birds eye veiw angle. Also i will fade the phot from the centre of the hands to show more of the finger tips.  

Colour version- this worked fairly successfully as it shows the landscape through the hands but overall the landscape is too busy and there isn't a main focus point. To develop this further I will take a more isolated photo and play about the contrast and levels.   

 I've tried to emulate this photo by experimenting with taking photos of cupped hands and using landscape photos to double expose. This uses high contrast clouds which stand out and then the distance is very clear which gives the boat the main focus point. The high contrast of the black and white adds drama to the photo which again draws the eye. 

Repeated Experiment 

I first made my hand photo black and white and added some contrast by changing the levels which gave more tone and natural shadows.

I then added my waterfall composition on top of the original layer and also made this black and white. I then changed the opacity to around 70% which gave the overlying, sightly transparent effect. Finally I rubbed out the edges of the waterfall shot to reveal areas of the fingers like the original copy. The waterfall photo also worked more effectively then my first experiment as this has a focal point in the centre like the boat which my original didn't so nothing drew the eye to the photo.  

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Double Exposure Final Piece Ideas  

Emulation Sketch

 Panoramas

 I took this Overall i thought this worked successfully, and the main features i like is the deep, blue clear sky against the outline of the roof points which add levels and height to the photo.

 

This one wasn't as effective as the left side is slightly blurred and there is too much woodland in the picture and the view into the distance isn't very clear. There also wasn't much contrast in colours so its nit as eye catching. 

This was taken on top of Grinshill and overall i think it looks effective  as the vibrant green stands out against the cloudy sky, there is also lots of texture with the rocks which create differnt levels. The depth is also fair which draws the eye again as there is a large depth of veiw that is in focus.

Small Planets

I developed these panoramas further by making them into small panets on photoshop which I think looks very effective, I like the first which the constrating clouds and the vibrand land tha stands out, I also like the second as the detail in the builidng stand out and the different hights created catched the eye.