Woodlands (St.Catherines Woods)

I took these photos at around midday and there weren’t any clouds over the trees so I managed to get some good images with the sun shining through the trees. I changed the exposure for some of the photos (exposure bracketing) to see how to the contrast/tonal values changed. I’ve selected my favourite images and decided which ones I won’t use.

Best Photos

I picked these images because each of them are different from each other and have something unique about them whether it’s the angle they’ve been taken from, the lighting or the scenery/individual trees. Each photo has something that the eye is automatically drawn to and they each have a main focus. Some things to point out about the uniqueness of some of the photo are: that the first photo has two logs which are symmetric (rule of thirds) and the third photo has repetition of the the two balancing logs, both of them are taken from linear perspectives, as for the fourth photo, it’s taken from an atmospheric perspective.

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Editing My Best Image

In this edit I used HDR toning to bring out the best colours and tones from high and low exposure and from the original photo.

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In this edit I sed my own adjustments to make the picture look more eye-catching and vibrant. I also enhanced the warmer tones in the photo, lowered the light intensity slightly and sharpened the image to show the textures of the bark better and to show the movement of the waters surface more clearly.

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I adjusted the photo to black and white and I got inspiration to do this from Ansel Adams and I tried to get every shade in Adams’ zone system.

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