Assignment 1 - Photo Manipulation Assignment

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

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       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.

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        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.