With the images from my visit to Batterie Moltke, I am going to experiment with various techniques such as cropping and colour adjustment as well as Desaturating images entirely to create a series of variation in my images

Cropping

Below I have included some of my original images followed by cropped edits. Cropping is used to remove irrelevant or unwanted subjects fro an image which allows for more focus and emphasis on the main subject. Cropping also helps change the aspect ratio of an image and also allows for an overall improvement in terms of the images composition

Above is an image of a corroded ceiling inside of the German MP4 Radio Tower. I like the texture given off in the image as it shows a true sense of age and decay, However I find that a crop could benefit the image well in terms of overall composition. Below is my Cropped Image

I have decided in this edit to focus more on the patch of decaying brown material in the roof rather than focus on the wider Image as I found there was too much to take in #

Colour Adjustment

Colour Adjustment involves utilizing the colour palette in an image to create variation. In Adobe Lightroom, There is a whole HSL/Colour control panel which enables the user to have control over the various colours in an image and allows for the Hue, Saturation and luminescence to be controlled with sliders. Below is an example of an image where I used this function to alter the colours to create a dramatic image

For this image, I took control of the Aqua and blue colour filters and completely desaturated the image, Leaving the Gray/ brown of the concrete bunker as the only subject with colour in the image. This method also helps to isolate the main subject to give it much more emphasis and make it stand out from the image. I further altered the contrast and exposure to create a dark and moody image

Black and White

Desaturating an image is a great way to create an atmosphere within the image. This process is acheived through desaturating the image and then dependent on the mood of the image the photographer/ editor wants to give off, The contrast, exposure, shadows and highlights are altered to give off the desired effect.

For this image I desaturated all of the yellows, Greens and oranges within the image as these are the only colours present and turned up the contrast slightly and altered the exposure to create an effect involving the light and the darkness inside of the wall. I find that using black and white gives a great emphasis of contrast within the image