Exam Piece Two

 Image Two

Before

After

Representation of relationships

Similar to my image one the this image represents relationships between nature and manmade. This is because the wall is a man made man build object yet the plant has still found a way to grow and survive. This shows the relationship as the plant is nature and the wall is manmade and the plant is making this relationship as it is goring onto something that plants do not normally grow on as they cannot survive or get the nutrients needed to stay alive like they can in the ground.

Formal elements 

The formal elements in the image before editing on photoshop would be form, as the plant represents form and it's the only thing in focus. Another formal element would be texture though you can see the texture of both the wall and plants leafs in the original image in the edited one it is much more obvious and easier to see. Colour is a big part in the after editing but not so much in the first, with the way the image was edited the colours are more vibrants and not as dull, the leaves are a lot more brighter and the wall is darker making it better to look at. 

Compositional elements

The compositional elements in the before image where no editing was involved are very few as it only included view point, which is the view point of the plant on the wall. Another one would be the rule of thirds as the plant and wall are on the wall are in line with it. The depth of field in the image is a big part as it helps define the plant from the wall with the shallow depth of field. The use of triangle from the plant helps with keeping your eyes in the picture, the triangles are on the plants the leaves are triangle shaped and also the gaps between them are. The rule of thirds is not included in the first image as I had to edit the image to make sure it included the rule of thirds to make the image have more compositional elements and make it better. The foreground of the image would be the plant and the background would be the wall and floor.

 Photoshop process

The process I did on photoshop was straight forward and simple. I first cropped the image using the crop tool to give it the rule of thirds it needed for the compositional element, I made sure to deselect the delete cropped pixels tool just incase I cropped it wrong and needed ti change it. I then proceeded to go on to image then adjustments and selected curves to make the colours more vibrant and stand out.

Critique 

In this image I like the depth of field as it is a shallow depth of field which makes the plant stand out more than it would with a deep depth of field. I also like the formal elements involved such as the texture and colour, I did not however like the compositional elements as it did not have as many as i would of liked, the image overall could of gone better if I would of taken more to get it how i want instead of editing it on photoshop, also I should of gotten something to stand on as I was not high enough to get a good picture right above and with the wall straight, I think with the wall straight at the bottom it would of made the image a lot better.

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