I took a photo of a lamp in the street which was all in-focus, then I artificially blurred it using the ‘iris blur’ tool. This helps achieve the proportions you want to have in and out of focus without moving your camera around for 10 minutes.I made this photo a lot darker as the original was over-exposed, this helps bring out shadows, and the roundness of the poles. I also applied a warm photo filter and adjusted the light levels. All of this helps bring out the detail of the chain and the dirt on the poles.
In this photo I have only decreased the brightness to make the photo easier to see, and increased the contrast to make the details in the asphalt more visible.This photo was taken at midday but I have applied an orange photo filter, decreased the brightness by a lot. I have also made the midtones darker by adjusting the light levels of the photo. These effects make the photo look as if it was taken at sunset or ‘the golden hour’. The background and foreground of the photo are out of focus which puts more emphasis on the branch tips and the leaf.
