I took this photo of the river on a pretty sunny day directly under a bridge. This created a nice shadow to see through the reflective, rippling surface of an eddie. I was trying to capture the image of a submerged rock, a subject that has always intrigued me. The moss on the rock turned out a lot clearer and more vibrant than I expected, with stark shadows and an undulating pattern. The spontaneous ripples also added a very interesting pattern that I could not have planned better. The original image included a brader scene of the river, so I was able to crop it to create a balanced, diagonal composition. I used adobe lightroom to emphasize the effect of the light in the water. I increased the clarity of the underwater scene and then reduced the clarity of the surface of the water (the white parts) in order to showcase the difference of what the viewer is actually looking at. My favorite part of the image is the contrasting highlights and shadows. I think the overall effect turned out amazing. It almost reminded me of images of the earth taken from space, so I decided to print the image out and place it inside a jar. The curvature of the jar emphasizes the ambiguity of the subject, allowing me to achieve my portfolio's overarching theme of "different perspectives." I have always wanted to take a successful photo of underwater, and this project turned out better than I originally planned.
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