After deciding on the final 3 images for each of the final pieces, I used Photoshop to fit the images together, and edit them in order to present them as their final displays. All final images for my 3rd photo-shoot make use of 3 (or in some cases 4) images, inspired by triptych art display, and the overall meaning and presentation of the images is inspired by the vanities movement in art.
In order to emphasise the deterioration of the flowers as they wilted in more than a very blatant visual way, I also adjusted the saturation of each panel. As the flower continued to decay, I further decreased the saturation of the image, dulling the colour of the petals, which links with the fact the flower is journeying from its colourful prime, to its wilting and decaying form.
The editing process also involved tightening/lowering the contrast of the image in order to reduce/increase the contrast between the colours in the image, which in turn either draws attention to the different shapes within the flower (making each shape sharp and crisp) or dulls the lines between the shapes (emphasising the flatness and dullness of the flower as it wilts).
In order to make sure the 3 panels looked as similar (in terms of location) as possible, I made sure that the background of all of the images was the same colour (using the paint tool in Photoshop). This way, the backgrounds of the panels seem to merge together, whereas the foreground (subjects) are still separated. This process allows for the final image to feel more like the journey of a single object, as it is processed from one stage to the next, while still maintaining that each panel depicts a very different stage in the journey.
The final image can be seen blow, and makes use of 3 images in panels (a triptych) to show the different stages on the journey of a flower from its prime, through its life, to it’s resulting, decayed ending.
The other final images from this photo-shoot also followed the same process (saturation, contrast, brightness and editing of the background) and the results of these can be seen below:
Above are all of the final outcomes for this photo-shoot, all of which make use of multiple panels in order to display the journey of each object.