Julianna+M-Texture

=__**Final Project:**__= = = =__**Original Pictures:**__=

To create my final piece there were many things that I needed to do to make sure that all 3 pictures combined and mixed well. First I focused on my forest scene which was the one present in the pipe farther in the background. I needed to change the levels, saturation and I added more red and blue rather than green. Which made the picture pop more and show more clearly in my final rather than have it blend in with the background image that is the pipe picture. Then when I placed it into my original image I had to use the eraser tool to make it fit into the pipe. Also I changed the opacity so that it fades a little so you can see just a little of my original image. Then for my second image I also changed the levels, saturation and then played with the lighting so that you can see the trunk in the background more clearly. Then when I placed it into the pipe picture I erased the parts that didn't fit into the pipe and also changed the opacity. Then for my original picture I changed the saturation making it a little darker I also added a little more red into the picture making it a more unique color.

Some compositional techniques that I used in my final project is leading lines, framing and depth of field. I used leading lines with the first pipe in the front of the photograph with the sides of the pipe which then lead towards the cropped picture in the background of the forest. Then I used framing with the opening of the pipe surrounding one of my original pictures that I placed inside the pipe. Finally I used depth of field by making the foreground more clear than the background with the other pipe and the rocks and leaves.

I focused on texture with my original pictures that were placed in the pipes being more hard and woodsy and then placed this in the pipe that was bumpy. Then I also added a lot of color and used my background as more of a reddish color and then the original pictures when edited were more green. Also I worked on space and how the pictures were spaced out without my piece.

My concept for this project was to combine nature into nature, I did this by taking a different picture of man-made nature which was the pipe but had nature in it like the leaves, rock and branches in the background. Then I added some of my favorite pictures that I took while in the forest into the other picture that I used as the background.

Some changes that I would consider for next time if I were to redo this assignment I would focus more on texture. In my opinion I think that I was pretty successful although I think that I could have added more texture. Overall I like my piece and like out it turned out.