Weekly Project:Greeting Card- Birthday

Happy Birthday!

Horns to blow,

and bright balloons,

lots of presents,

happy tunes!

Ice cream cake,

and candles too-

birthday wishes just for you!

Photo Critique

This photo doesn't really stand out and it has a low amount of brightness. What I do like is that only the corners are darker than everything else, it gives it a different tone/mood. The angle that this photo is taken from is great. I like that the bottom of the flag looks like the top of a heart. It makes it have alot of symbolism, even more than it already has. Something that I could have done better when taking this photo is maybe from multiple angles and pick the best one.

Photo Critique

This photo could have been a little bit more centered. I like that it uses the rule of thirds technique with the tree. It kind of has a good feel to it because of the black and white and the colors all in one photo. Also from a technical standpoint is taken from an okay angle. A good point about it is that it has the mid, back and foreground and they are really noticeable. And finally I like that the photo was kind of taken through objects to get to the main point.

Article Review 2

Magazine Title :Outdoor Photography
Issue: August 2007
Edition:9
Article Title: Sharpening Techniques
Author: Rob Sheppard

The article that I read was about sharpening an image. Sharpening isn't about making a blurred image sharp its about getting the optimism sharpness. There are many formulas and ideas for sharpening. All of them work but it does depend on the photographer that is taking the photos. Sharpening is also subjective which means that some photographers like stronger sharpening than others do. One great aspect of sharpening is the use of Radius in Unsharp Mask and different sharpening tools. Sharpening affects the details in the photo. Since a larger photo has more pixels than a smaller one you would need more Radius for the same effect on a smaller photo.
Top lenses for cameras usually have a level of brightness that gives an image a sort of sparkle and it just stands out more than if you were to use a lower priced lens even though it may have similar sharpness. As the radius increases tiny specks of the bright highlights get more noticeable. This would show up on the overall result of the photo. The unsharp mask is the basic sharpening tool to know and use. It can be very helpful especially when using the smart sharpen in photoshop.
With having intensity there needs to be an amount with the sharpening of the photo. Sharpness needs to be higher when detail is fine. When you need more sharpness from an subject you would need a lower radius. You will use higher settings for subjects that are highly detailed, an example may be taking a photo of mountains or something that has a rocky terrain. Threshold affects when the sharpening is based on contrast of an edge.

Weekly Project: Words to Image

What's the Railroad to Me?
What's the railroad to me?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.
-Henry David Thoreau

In Class Assignment

ROSES
By George Eliot 1819-1880
You love the roses - so do I. I wish
They sky would rain down roses, as they rain
From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white
And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

I chose this this poem because it just has really soft and calming words. It has a happy mood to it.

In Class Assignment

Evening Star by Edgar Allan Poe

'Twas noontide of summer,

And mid-time of night;

And stars, in their orbits,

Shone pale thro' the light

Of the brighter, cold moon,

Mid planets her slaves,

Herself in the heavens,

Her beam on the waves.

I gazed awhile

On her cold smile;

Too cold- too cold for me-

There pass'd, as a shroud,

A fleecy cloud,

And I turned away to thee,

Proud Evening Star,

In thy glory afar,

And dearer thy beam shall be;

For joy to my heart

Is the proud part

Thou bearest in heaven at night,

And more I admire

Thy distant fire,

Than that colder, lowly light.

The reason why I chose this poem is because I like astronomy and I find it facinating. Also I think this poem has great imagery and its very descriptive.