Hi, this is my first assignment about Photography and ethic. I love taking picture and I would like to show pictures took by me. I use Picasa 3 to edit those pictures.
before
before
after
This
picture is I shot in a very nice mountain named YuLong in south-west of china.
YuLong mountain is a subtropics mountain, and there is a primeval
forest around the mountain. I took this picture in that forest
because I wanted to record the totally different view between a normal forest
in the park and a primeval forest.
I want to show the primeval
forest is mysterious and ancient, but
the colour of original picture is too bright to this topic. I think I did not adjust
the aperture
when I took the picture, so the picture is too bright.
So,
what I edit is that I crop a little bit right side of original picture because
I think that tree is unnecessary showed in the picture. When I crop it, audiences
will more focus on the depth of field that can help me to show the mystery of
primeval forest. After that, I used neutral color Picker to pick the neutral
color that I think is wonderful to remove the color cast. Finial, I choose the
color of a tree lie on the grass to be the neutral color. I think the edited
picture can show the mystery of primeval forest.
after
before
I
took this picture for my girl friend, and she wanted this picture more colorful
and romantic. So, I chose the topics that already prepared in the Picasa 3.
First, I chose the "Warmify" effect to improve skin tones by boosting
warm tones. After that, I was putting "Soften" effect on the picture
to make the picture fuzzy. The picture became more romantic than before, but I
still think that is not enough, so I used "text" function to add some
words on the picture. Then i put “Sharpen” effect from 0 to 30 and “Film Grain” effect to give gloomy atmosphere. Finally, I adjust the transparency of those words, so
those words can different feelings.
I think my edited images would not confuse or misguide the audience if they can't see the originals. I did not change any subject in the photos, and I just cut some things that is not related to the topics. Some effects that just make the picture more close to the author's idea or topic like make the picture more colorful or beautiful. I share pictures with others because I want them know what I want to said, so I used edit software to enhance what I want to said, but it does not mean I misguide the audience.
