Brad Templeton

I like this photograph because of it’s light blue hues from the water and encircling it is the dark Forrest area around the side going off into the distance.  This is interesting to me because it appears like a sort of container to the beauty of the lake in which it is holding.  This is significant as the blue water is portrayed as almost quite precious as the photographer appears to have enhanced the vibrance, contrast and brightness.  The fact the hills in the background go far in the distance is also significant as it shows how the importance it is of preserving the lake.  I believe this is successful because it adds strength to the current wooded area that we can see close up.  I also like this photograph because of how the photograph is so calming due to it’s open space and brightened sky and land colors.

This photograph fascinates as the large depth of field caused by the high aperture adds to a strong city line.  I also like how the photographer has strengthened this by enhancing the contrast again to strongly separate between the sky and Earth.  With these strong dark tones of the city, contrasting with the brightened blue hue of the sky, it almost appears as if the city is a dirty place and the sky i somewhat pure and clean.  This is therefore sending the message to me that we can’t let the dangers of the city’s pollution affect our natural environment.  This is emphasized by the fact the photograph is slightly overexposed adding to the theme of a harsh environment.

Will Pearson

I love this photograph because of it’s romanticized composition that create a panorama that to me, is very beautiful.  For example, the sunset, overlooking the sky, lighting up everywhere is beautiful, especially with the orange glow radiating off to the surrounding sky and reflected by the buildings.  To enhance this, a warming filter can be added to the photograph on Photoshop to exaggerate the mood further.  I also like the angle of which the photograph has been taken from.  For example: the fact we are high up, looking face on at the sun in the distance, with the city below  literally heightens the specialty of of the photograph in the sense that we and only a few other buildings are high up to enjoy the view with most of the city unable to.

Finally, this photograph to me is interesting because of the fact its taken on a slow shutter speed, giving the colors subtlety and in this sense puts together a photograph of beautiful elegance.  This stands out to me because often a city is known to be very rushed and busy.  Interestingly, this photograph shows to me that if we stand back and admire the city and stop rushing around, there is lots of beauty within it.  However what I also like is how the photograph has still captured the light of the city showing that it is still alive and still breathing, not taking anything away from it.  It has done this by taking a photograph with little light but an extremely slow shutter speed and high aperture to still have that sense of busyness of a city.