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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This photo is an aerial shot of the dried up river bed. I took this photo with special interest in the dried rocks, the clear view through the water, and the creepy prominence of the river moss. I particularly like the prevalence of the rocks extending out of the water and how they are evenly dispersed and evenly elevated. I also like how the yellowish hue of the moss contrasts with the blue reflection of the sky. The depth of the shadows of the niches between rocks also adds nicely to the overall balanced intrigue of the piece. I think that looking at this piece makes a significant impression of looking though to another "world." It is evident that the rocks' chracteristics differ above and below the water; by taking the image parallel to the plane of the water, the illusion of rocks implanted into another material like glass intesifies. Overall, I enjoy how the image itself is very common-place but also very intriguing and almost grotesque. It evokes images of an ogre's swamp or the inevitable doom of flourishing oasises. The "new perspective" I used to remain continuous with my portfolio's theme is not only the subject material, but also the position from which I took the image. Most nature photos are take from eye level looking down at the subject at an angle. By looking straight down at the rocks, I supplied a new, broader perspective of looking at the world. It directly showcases the material while at the same time giving an uncomfortably different feel to familiar subject material. Even though I took this photo on a whim, the end result turned out to represent what I actually saw very well and communicates with it the feeling I experienced when I saw the endless field of dried mossy river rocks. |
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