Before:
I wanted to remove the reflection of the phone from the photo without cropped it as I still wanted the background to be present.
To remove it I used the spot removal tool and found a similar area to replace it with.
I increased the contrast as I wanted the details to stand out in the photo. I decreased the vibrancy of the photo as I wanted it to suit the meaning behind the image and I don’t think a colourful photo would suit the meaning behind this photo in particular.
After:
In this photo there is a tortoise in the foreground eating from a bowl of food with quite an empty space around it. In the upper portion of this photo there is more detail such as the case of shells. Due to the lower portion being quite empty it allows the details in the upper half to be seen more. This photo shows the theme of Anthropocene as it shows a case of tortoise shells which have been farmed by humans, showing how humans have a harmful impact on animals.
Edit 2:
This photo was taken of money being dropped into a donations box for orangutans. I changed this photo to black and white as I think it makes the writing stand out more which is the main focus of the image. This shows Anthropocene as it shows how animals are now needing our help due to the impact humans have had on them for example deforestation and destroying their habitats.
Edit 3:
This image is of a pile of rubbish and toxic chemicals which were at the zoo. This shows Anthropocene as it shows that they have little care for the environment and this is even worse at the zoo as they are meant to be considerate of nature however doing this proves they are not concerned about it.
Other edits:
I also edited these and I plan to use some of these in my final images.
Edit 4:
In this photo there are too many things which are in the front which take focus away from the orangutan, I will therefore use AI to remove these objects such as the bucket and the tube.
I chose to remove the blue bucket from the image as it was taking the focus away from the orangutan. These are the options which the AI provided me with, I chose to use the first one as it looks the most realistic.
Final photo:
After removing somethings from the image I think that the orangutan is more in focus and is the main feature of the