Assignment 1: Contrast

The task is to produce 8 pairs of photographs. Contrasting with one another, complimenting at the same time. 

Here I had to do more research into the type of images that apply to the art of photography. In doing so, I found  two books from the paper shop. Both dedicated to the art of photography. One in colour, the other in monochrome. 

These books gave me much inspiration to what is seen to be art. But I appreciated the rage of images, that the images the other photographers portray as art. From images that are abstract and simple, and also complimenting each other, in the way they have been laid out vier colour, shade shape and tone. Through to real life drama have been captured to be a pleasing image, that can be looked upon as artistic. Most making a statement and telling a story. 

Here I have chosen work that I have taken in the past, and work taken recently in this course.
This is my submission for the assignment. 

Heavy and light 

Heavy load 

The heavy load of felled logs, from the Borneo rain Forrest, that stretches up through the Kinabatan River. Not only heavily depletes the rain forrest but also erodes away the river banks.  As its heavy load displaces the water producing heavy wake. Hard to capture heavy, Unlike other photos I have seen, A person on scales or something of weight lifting. Here I tried to express that feeling I had when I saw this monstrosity grumbling down the river. 

Light 

Simply delightful but so hard to capture, butterflies on the mating (on the wing). This picture gave me that feeling of how delicate nature is.  How two butterflies also mate, yet in such a complex fragile way. It shows lightness. Weightlessness. 

Diagonal Rounded :

                            Diagonal:
 The rooms in the hallway of a Hotel.
 The lighting and the way each floor pulls its self from the camera. Giving depth and pattern.

Round:

 A water feature in Sydney.

I am always looking for pattern shape colour and texture and shade

 Although I would have like to of taken this picture at a later time. To show more tone with lower light Sadly the light was over cast as you can see the clouds reflecting in the swirl. This is a water feature .  I will turn it into Monochrome and see the effect ,

However it expresses round. 

Large.:
The national flower of Malaysia.

Hibiscus flower. Made from water bottles that got the worlds largest flower in the world. Record breakers. 

StelaMaris School Kotakinabalu. 

I like this photo taken on my 10-22 mm lens . I have changed this picture. This one showing scale against the pupils in the foreground.

Some how the picture balances with the grey sky in shape.  It was the best view point I could find. 

Small:
 An Orchid . Not just an Orchid, But the smallest in the world. found in the mountain range of Mount Kotta kinabalu. Not much larger then a pin head. taken with a 22-135 macro lens reversed. I like this as its one that I always look onto as a challenge .
Its so small, and the contrasting side lit flower stand out from the back ground.
 I have made a much larger picture of this. 

Many:
  Gold fish taken at the Crock farm KK
This picture amongst many I took impressed me with the sheer volume of carp. All fighting to get some pellets of food, as the food was thrown into the water. To capture the feeling of the rush.  Not rush hour its crush hour! 

Few gold fish taken in a pond at Lunkowei. I have seen chinese calendar paintings like this. This picture was cropped to get the balance more to what I was wanting.   

Much:
Mosque much more have attended the contrasting mosque below. Impressing how the less expensive place of prayer is more attractable then the expensive one. 

little . 

Pointed 

The end of my Japanese Katana Pointed and extremely sharp!

I do love Japanese swords. They are an Art in there own form. From each part made, Spiritual and deadly. yet so Beautiful . You have to own one to appreciate it. 

 

Blunt
The red Oak Boken A wooden sword, very blunt to be used in practice.
Totally contrasts the above. Yet respected in battle the same way.

 Rough is the sand stone taken at the tip of Borneo. The weathered face like shape pushing through the rock. Rough And hard. Appealed to me as artistic form of nature.

Smooth: 

 Photographed using a slow shutter, as speeding penguins flashed passed my view point .In an underwater aquarium.

 And abstract of smooth . 

Straight

Sand tracks made by a hermit crab. 

Again mother nature supplies .  I love the simplicity of the above and below pictures. Un touched by man, only the movement of the crab has unsettled the evenly washed sand. 

Curved 

Its funny how nature can provide even the works of art. The amazing things you can discover, if only you get up early and look. 

Light and dark. 

Finally after many other photograph that I would love to ad to this collection.

 The final contrast in one frame. 

Light feather contrasting with the Dark sand. And ironically heavy sand and light in weight. 

Taken early morning, as the hot Borneo sun rose. This feather untouched by my self, photographed naturally as it sits,

14 Cropping .

Chosen here are  3 photographs that I would crop to improve composition, to cut out un wanted areas,  to make impact.

The original photograph is nice as it stands. Nevertheless, I could not move in with out getting wet, so I took the shot, adding foreground to give depth. Some how, the flowers over power the photograph , So some cropping is required. Although I will lose size if this was to be enlarged.

This is how the image  was cropped :

End result

This result seems allot more balanced with the tree becoming dominant, leading down the river towards the other two trees.

The next red soft coral from Borneos Reefs.

Taken with an a640 compact in housing.

The over all picture is OK however , moving in closer, cutting out the blur.

 Bit of a job going through all my photographs. I chose this one as it had a number of options to crop. The main one being the boat. 

As it is, the setting is pleasing, taken at dusk.

Above you can see 3 possibilities. 

Here is the final crop. More focused on the boat its self. Yet still remaining tranquil. Framed by the rock and shadow.

13 Vertical, and horizontal frames

20 photographs.

Taking 20 photographs in the same area . Horizontally, and vertically.  Each subject having both formats.

This too was an interesting project. As I aways think when looking through the lens. What is best. The best way to frame the image or scene. How that the format alters the way we feel, and read the picture. Most landscapes are Horizontal, portraits mostly vertical. Using a little thought. Either format can be used to cut out unwanted parts of the scene. Or to increase the impact of the subject.
 In this exercise, 20 photos required of each format. Wow many photos . Back on the buss, camera bag limited with one lens 17-40 L

 I walked down the town.  shooting at anything, counting the shots, without much thought on fitting the frame. Just to see what the results would be. one Vertical one Horizontal.  

This one worked better, giving more depth. 

Although the bottom Horizontal works I could not help noticing  the mimic of cloud pattern to the picture on the building. Do you see that ?

This works well in both

This also works well  Vertical suitable for the subject

This tells  where they are, giving a little story of what is going on. 

This tells more what they are doing.

This take you right to the red sign and the person

Where this lets the eye lead from bottom,  into the picture.

The bridge works well in both vertical and horizontal 

This has less interest .

However this one has more depth

The cans , I feel is to more personal preference

Undecided This does not work ell at all.

More focused on the subject.

Its a set of chairs and table

Here we get a little story.

This is OK

Works well with the walk going into the picture.

To much bush both frames compose ok. 

A strong preference on the Horizontal

Here the bucket was included

More from tilting the camera vertically

The above works better , The below seems to give a telephoto illusion

This format give more scenic impression

This has lost it and the light area cuts the photo in half. To much shadow. Losing the mood,  taking the eye direct to the middle, with nothing ells

This works well in both as well. but as the people and lamp are more vertical . the vertical picture works better. However.  It can also make the lamp distracting.

More story a child playing for a picture to be taken.

A child playing . I like the relation ship here with the two fish. 

The fish alone works well here as a vertical format. 

As the fish is not filling the frame. this works well in both formats.