Assigment 2 -Exposure

Depth - Bridge



EXIF - ISO 400; Shutter 1/250; Focal Length 47mm; f5.6

This assignment is to show depth, contrast and presence. I decide to shoot the bridge at the esplanade. The converging lines of the bridges are very distinct and hence it give a very clear presence of depth. And I allow the sky to overexpose as often thing on the photo that are overexpose or have hot spot will catch the viewer attention. The sky is at the center of the photo and hence draw the viewers to it and the two line of perspective (the two bridges) helps to bring the viewers' eyes from the top to bottom and to the boat at the bottom.

Mr Reddy's comment: The boat is too low; should bring it up higher.

75/100. I feel that the best photo to show depth is Mike. His landscape shoot is nice and show the depth. The sky is also dynamic. Hence I rate mine over his (100 for him).



Contrast - Fruit



EXIF - ISO 400; Shutter 1/60; Focal Length 79mm; Aperture f 18 (Canon 400D)

When the term contrast, I thought of fruits. Fruits is very colourful and is a textbook answer to contrast. Different fruits have different colour contrasting each other. So I took fruits in the fruits stall.

Mr Reddy's comment: Too many colours and most are strong colours and hence they are fighting for attention. He also say that contrast can b something more than colours. Different gradients of colour can also show contrast.
Some other comment: The lines of perspective is broken.

Hence I did another one (two in fact); on the same subject - fruits. This time round I think the subjects are better position and there is a point of reference.

Contrast - Fruits Two



EXIF - ISO 200; Shutter 1/200; Focal length 35mm; Aperture f 5 (Sony A-100)

This photo show three fruits and the yellow and green provide the background for the photo. A purple fruit is the point of reference in the photo. It is at 1/3 of the photo and hence it is easier to catch the viewers' attention. This photo does not have too many strong colours (unlike the first photo) and hence viewers will know where to look at. I personally like this picture very much.

8.8

I think Yi Kang photos of the landscape is nice. It shows what Mr Reddy say of contrast - that it doesn't need to be colours; gradient of colour will also show contrast too. Hence I use his work to rate against mine.

Contrast - Fruit Three



EXIF - ISO 200; Shutter 1/200; Focal Length 50mm; Aperture f 7.1

This is another photo of contrast. I was wondering if anyone thought this photo is better than the previous two? Hope to hear from you guys.

Amendment (Updated on 2 Nov 07)

I have added a new picture on the contrast one -Fruit Two as my final picture. And I gave it a 8.8. 

So overall grade is: (75 + 88)/2 = 81.5