B4Texture+Czerwinski

**Steps to Completing Final Image:**
When making my final image my first steps were to just combine the pieces of the photographs I wanted to use. I used photo 1 as my original layer. I then selected the bark of the tree in photo 2 and placed it into the left half of my first layer. Next I selected just the butterfly of photo 3 and moved it around numerous time to see where it would look the most natural. Once everything seemed to be in place i had to change the lighting in each picture to compliment each texture and item in the final. First was the grass. I changed the levels to make the whole image brighter and then made the contrast darker to appear later in the afternoon. Next I changed the lighting of the tree. I used curves to darken the whole image and then make the contrast brighter to accentuate the texture of the bark. Lastly I edited the butterfly. The butterflies wings were much too light and had hardly any shadow or darkness to it at all, so i used curves to darken the white and brown in the wings, and used curves again to brighten the red dots on the top of the wings. Last but not least I edited the shadowing of the picture to make the final image seem like every aspect belonged together. I used the burn tool to add shading to the right of the tree with a very large dark shadow and for the butterfly I put a lighter shadow around his whole body but much smaller.

**Compositional Technique:**
I think I used many compositional techniques in my final image but two stand out the most: leading lines, and fill the frame. The bark's edge and the pieces pealing off leads your eyes to many different spots in the picture. The shadow of the tree also leads your eyes to the edge of the paper and to the base of the tree even though the base of the tree isn't present in the photo. Also, fill the frame is fully shown in this photograph because in every part of the picture something is happening or catching your attention.

**Texture:**
Every layer has a very different texture. The bark has a rough and rugged texture that you can nearly feel through the picture. The grass has a smooth yet scratchy texture that is a little stomped down. Lastly the butterfly has a smooth simple texture that accentuate the opposites and the textures of the bark and the wings.

**Thoughts of This Assignment:**
I liked the photo taking process of this assignment but putting together the pictures and selecting which pictures to use was what caused me some problems. I think it would have been better if our instructions on what exactly our final assignment would be or if we were shown examples. This is because we knew the assignment was combining three pictures but we didn't know what exactly to shoot photos of because we didn't know how we would be combining the photos into one.