CONTROLLED CONDITIONS- Anthropocene Experimenting & Developing

When it comes to editing, I wanted to try a few things. My raw images are quite bland, and I wanted to make my images pop a little more.

I chose on of my favourite ‘Bed’ images to experiment on first.

I started by turning the image fully black and white- this was to make the background monotone for the waste to stick out. Then, using a history brush tool, (brings back the original state which would be colour) I recoloured the waste.

This was the outcome. I think it looked quite cool and at the same time looked normal. The background was already quite monotone but making it fully black and white made it stand out that little more. I liked it alot but i wanted to experiment some more.

To do so, I decided to completely change the colour hue. I eventually chose the hue that resulted in turquoise and purple- it made the setup look more unnatural. I like this because the way we are polluting the ocean is unnatural in itself.

I continued and did this to a few other images that I liked and this was the oucome.

Looking at them altogether made me realise that the colours look a little too similar- I like it a lot but I just wanted to try different hues in the different photographs.

I also like this outcome but it just comes to putting these images together and finding out which sequence and colours look best when presented.

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