This is from part of a Mestiza style mural by Emanuel Martinez found in the parking lot of the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. I liked the rays of the sun hitting the head of this fellow and thought it would make an interesting piece for the Mirrored Image lesson. I did basic LR edits and a top/bottom crop, necessary to capture the full left to right portion of the image since it was painted wider than it was tall (as well as taller on the left than the right). I also pulled the outer corner up a little to remove a triange of unpainted concrete. I think of this as an offering "please, may my photo be worthy". Ha. ISO 100, f/4.0, 1/200 sec.
I had never tried to build a house of cards before this class assignment. It was challenging for me! Especially with 2 cats. I had one cat knock the tower down twice. The big tom cat started to jump onto the table, but I managed to catch him in mid-leap, so I saved that version of the house. Whew. This photo shows unity by grouping the cards as well as the cribbage pegs. There is unity in the repeated shapes as well as the repeated suit of cards. I think the shadow also hints at the repeated shape. The front edge of shadow is the edge of the table as well, so I did not cut off the shadow. The cards are an old German deck, notice the letters on the queen and jack. The cribbage board pegs came from my Dad's old board that holds many fond memories for me. I cropped a little off the right to remove a portion of upside down cutting mat. I used PS to smooth out a couple of scratches that were distracting on the green mat. ISO 200, f/9.0, 0.4 sec
We had clouds roll in not long after I had investigated the new assignment, so I quickly grabbed my camera book to figure out how to set my camera to Shutter Priority. I tried using several different objects and backdrops for this challenge. In the end I liked how this glass gazing ball turned out so well I am turning my assignment in way early when compared to my prior submissions. It is on a small gray pedestal, with the bottom portion of the globe nestled in the pedestal. I set the pedestal on top of the deck railing positioned so the globe was in front of a big pine tree. I took lots and lots of shots and will keep playing with this technique. Very fun! Basic LR adjustments, no cropping, hand held.
