Choice #1

This photo was taken October 14th, 2010 around 9:45 a.m. The flash is off and the setting was on guide and outdoor cloudy lighting.

I cropped out the edges of the door and straightened out the picture. I think this photo looks alot better.



I thought the picture could be brighter so I used levels; in levels I changed the level to lighter, I brought the highlights into 130 instead of 150, I didn't change the midtones or the shadows. I changed the curves of the photo to a linear contrast, this makes the photos color pop out more. I changed the color balance of the photo, I didn't change midtones and changed the cyan-red to +12, didn't change the magenta-green, changed the yellow-blue to -8. I also took out the light post next to the first E in EMERGENCY. I like this photo because it's straight and not a big shadow on the right anymore!

Scale

This picture was taken November 4th, 2010 at about 4:00 p.m. The flash is off and the setting is on landscape.

I changed the brightness: the brightness is set higher and the contrast is lower. I also changed the curves and the setting for that one is higher too. The contrast made the picture brighter and the changed the darker parts of the picture brighter too.  I like this picture because it's not dim anymore.





City Scape

I took this photo around 12:00 p.m. On November 4th, 2010. The setting was on AUTO and the flash was off.

I cropped the photo. I only changed the levels and this made the photo darker. I removed the advertisment sign laying on the ground on the left of the stop sign. I like this photo better because I can see more into the picture, I like that I can see the lake better.

Lines

This photo was taken on November 4, 2010 at about 1:00 p.m. The setting is on AUTO and the flash is off. I think this photo looks kinda grey and I want it to look purple.

I cropped the photo because it looked crooked. I also changed the color balance; The Cyan changes the color darker or lighter and in this picture it changes the purple dark, the Magenta changes the color completely, I went WAY down in this setting, I changed the locker color to purple because it looked more grey in the original photo, yellow changes the tints and I set the tint to a higher setting. I also removed the glares from the light in the corner. :) I like this photo more because it doesn't look boring anymore. I think this is nice photo.

Diagonal Rule

This picture was taken in the month of August, 2010. I was in a car on my way to Coon Rapids and it's in the morning. The setting of the camera is on auto and the flash is off.

I cropped the picture and took out the car because 5x7 was too big but you can't tell any more. I also took out the white post on the bar of the bridge and I cleaned the road a little. I changed the levels only of the sky part and this is because I thought if I changed the color of the road it only gets darker or lighter and I don't want either so I only changed the start of the dirt to the sky. Shows alot more color then the first. I like this photo better because it's clean and a more focused photo. This photo is diagonal because my eyes are being dragged diagonal