WisniewskiL-texture

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**Texture and Composition;**

In this photograph there are many different textures shown. The rough, sharp texture of the tree overlaps with the soft melted texture of the candle and the bold texture of the flame, as well as the softness of the flower peddles. These textures are often not all shown together because they are very different from one another, but the overall texture of the photo is rough, but there are smooth elements that bring it all together. I tried to incorporate the many compositional techniques including framing, rule of thirds, leading lines, and unusual point of view. Framing is used by the red background flowers, that outline the candle. Rule of thirds is used because the intersection of the two shadow looking branches intersect at one point, the sun and flower are near another and the candle is at each of the others. Leading lines is clearly used because the branches start in the bottom left corner and drag your eyes through all of the branches, taking you to the main subject which is the candle light. Unusual point of view is used because when looking at tress we usually look at the entire horizon and not at only the tops and the sun, also when looking at candles we often look at it from and angle in which we see the entirety of the container, but the top view is instead used. I feel I was very successful with this assignment because there are a lot of textures that are included, as well as edits that enhanced the essence of the photo. If I were to do this again I would have taken another photo that has good texture that can be easier to incorporate than the flower was, because it was difficult to make that fit into the rest of the photo.


 * Changes Made; **

For the candle the brightness was increased to make the flame brighter, and the burn tool was used in the inside in order to keep the darkness and add texture. The contrast was increased in order to give the candle more of a warm cozy feel, and make the melting stand out. Lastly, the lightening tool was used around the outer edges of the light in order to get the fiery look maximized. Next, the tree was edited. The tree photograph started out looking not that great, but the streaks of the sun and the texture of the trees made me want to make it work. To begin the photo was way too dull and dark, so the brightness was increased. By increasing the brightness it looked like day instead of night, but the contrast also had to be increased in order to have the trees stick out more than before. Trees really don't have pretty colors so I decided to play around with the color a lot. I put on the red photo filter, and played with the color balance by increasing them each to different levels. Lastly, I decreased the opacity in order to combine it with the candle picture. Once these two were combined I added burning in order to give the candle more of a shadow as if it were coming from the sun that was from the other photo. Next, I edited the flower. From the beginning I knew that I didn't want the entire picture in there but I just wanted to use it in order to add color near the sun, so I cropped out a majority of the picture. First I increased the brightness and contrast in order to bring out the magenta colors in it, and to do that even further the magenta was increased as well. After it was combined with the others I decreased the opacity and began to shadow the edges and use the eraser tool in order to blend. Lastly, I lightened the lines of the sun because they were not as bright after the flower was added.

Candle; brightness up contrast up  lightened burn tool (shadow)

Tree; brightness up contrast up  photo filter color red color balance (blue up, cyan up, magenta up) opacity decreased

Flower; brightness increased contrast increased cropped magenta increased opacity decreased eraser tool to blend shadow tool