Line diary 8th September 2015

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F-stop: 3.4
ISO: 100

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F-stop: 5.6
ISO: 80

During Tuesday 8th September lesson, I was given the task of taking images of lines. I really enjoyed this activity because it meant I was given the opportunity to go into town and explore different ways I could capture the magic of Lines! When I was first given this task I thought I wouldn't be able to take many photos, because where can you find lines out in a town? Once I took on this task and went out I noticed how many images you can actually take and explain the meaning with the lines in it.

I managed to take loads of photos! Many actually came out rather well (to my surprise)… However due to this being my first time actually going out with a camera (with an actual task set) there were obviously going to be some photos that didn't come out just as well.

A photo I don't like:

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F-stop: 2.8
ISO: 80

This photo didn't come out as well as I had expected/wanted. Due to this being taken on a very sunny day I do not like the lighting this image shows, trying to edit this photo wouldn't improve this because you would still be able to see unwanted shadows. Also, the angle and focus wasn't as I had wanted. I don't like the dullness of this photo either, there is lines show in this photo, although not as dominate as I had wanted. Not just this, I do not like how there are other objects in the background which distract this photo.


Editing this image…
First I crop it so the shadow on the left isn't seen as I believe this ruined the photo.

 Then I changed the levels making the points where the lowest points stopped. This made it much more clear on the lines I wanted to show.

 I then moved the vibrance bar to 100 because this really worked on showing the lines much better (in my view)

I then slightly lowered the curves creating my final piece of this image. 













A photo I like:

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F-stop: 4.0
ISO:80

I really like this photo because I like how the focus is on the feature and it gets further away in the image- goes from close up to far away. I also like how the element of line is portrayed in this photo is very clear. In my opinion, this image is a clear indication of my learning of this lesson because with all the different angled lines joined with the focus and blurs and the main focus of the feather, it shows that no matter what the focus of an image is, the likeliness of the object containing lines is very high.   

Progression:

If I were to re-do this shoot, I would make sure I would include many more aspects of angles to change the perspective of a line- a line could be in my eyes a straight line, yet when I take the photo, the angle of the line could change having an effect of the power status it holds in the photo. Also, as this is my first ever try, I would make sure I would include thought whilst taking the photos ways which I could edit them- to think in advance. Photos which inspire me to do this progress are shown below:

Progression in place:

I edited this image by dodging the drain to make it much brighter and vibrate. I also used a simple "S" curve to bring up the contrast of the lines so they are much more dominate.