Macro , A final image choice , From a idea to the final presented image

 Theme 1 Macro , A final image choice  , From a idea to the final presented image

 SITTING PRETTY (Monarch Butterfly)
Macro final 10 image captured and presentation

• Theme 1 MACRO
• Date 10th of November 2010
• Time 13.46

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/4.5

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

No flash

Location

Stratford upon Avon butterfly park 

Swan's Nest Lane,

Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire

A walk around Stratford upon Avon butterfly park

I went to Stratford butterfly park and took some macro shots of the many butterflies bugs in there

Ambient light

It was sunny day outside. The butterflies are housed in a big greenhouse so the ambient light was quite good 

Planing  

 I took plenty of water because of the humid heat inside i got there in morning so there would be less general public , I hoped to capture a macro shot of a butterfly on a flower feeding , I was hoping to use a depth of Field and have a strong focal point using the rule of thirds aslo .

Equipment

I took my 450d camera I took 2 lenses my 50mm lens and my 60mm macro lens

I also took some magnification filters for both my lenses

I took a flash gun to help with exposure

Equipment for shot

I used my canon 450d camera

Lens Tamron 60mm lens

Equipment operation 

I used my 60 mm lens with Manuel focusing and Manuel settings I set the aperture to f/4.5 to show some depth of Field and I used a shutter speed of 1/80 any slower and I might of had camera shake with such a close up image and i used a ISO of 200 to help with the Exposure . I got close up quietly so not to scare the butterfly off  and moved up close and metered onto the butterfly's head .

Risk and Health and safety

 I was careful not to use a tripod in case of the public tripping on it and falling

I took plenty of water because of the humidity 

I was careful of the butterflies on the floor there was one or two dead butterfly's that had been stepped on by the unaware public 

Image

A Monarch Butterfly feeding on a yellow flower

Composition and choice of image

I took a few different compositions of this butterfly

Under exposed

Out of focus

Slightly over exposed and a standard composition

Conclusion

 I picked this image because of the rule of thirds and the tonal range and depth of Field

 and detail and sharpness of the butterfly and flower .

                                                     ORIGINAL IMAGE

ORIGINAL IMAGE

                                                               Editing 

I took the original image into photoshop and made a slight crop and slightly sharped the image .

Monarch Butterfly

The original image was cropped to improve the photo cropped to 300 dpi

Using the crop tool you can select the best area of a photo

Frame

After i had finished I put a simple black and white border to enhance the image and bring out the colours and detail and tones of the butterfly

SITTING PRETTY

Final image

Theme 2 A final image choice Architecture , From a idea to the final image

 Theme 2

OX BRIDGE

• Theme -Architecture
• Date - 6th of December 2010
• Time 16.52

Location   Bridge Of Sighs (The Hertford Bridge) oxford

The most photographed piece of architecture in Oxford, it actually bears closer resemblance to the Rialto Bridge in Venice . The Hertford Bridge in New College Lane, Oxford, England is often referred to as the "Bridge of Sighs" because of its supposed similarity to the famous bridge of the same name in Venice. However, Hertford Bridge was never intended to be a replica of the Venetian bridge and many believe it looks more similar to the Rialto Bridge in the same city. The bridge links together the Old and New Quadrangles of Hertford College. The bridge, and much of its current architecture, was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson. It was Constructed in 1913/1914 .

Morris dancing under the famous bridge

Planing - I went to oxford with a few lenses my 50mm lens and my 18-55 mm lens so i had the option of different composition and different apertures
I hoped to shoot the architecture of oxford with all its beauty capturing the shapes and texture of the buildings

Light - As i took this photo it was getting dark and it was a cloudy day so the ambient light was quite poor

Image - Its a evening in oxford its not to long to dusk and the street lights have come on

Equipment

 Canon 450 D

lens 18-55 lens

Health and safety
The risk was just what

composition and choice of final image

My photos of  the Bridge Of Sighs (The Hertford Bridge) oxford
I took a few photos of the bridge from different angles here is a few of them

Final image

I picked the one below for my final 10 because I like the street light and the crop i like focal point of the bridge and the shapes of the windows and arch and the lamppost

OX BRIDGE

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 20mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture F/3.5

ISO 400

Metering Evaluative

                                                                           Editing

original image



You can crop a photo and get a complete different composition

I also took out the chimney using the photoshop lasso tool

OX BRIDGE

final image

Barry cawston architectural research

Barry cawston architectural research

Barry cawston is a photography that has worked with English heritage and has been working as a freelance photographer for ten years , he has won many awards and has exhibitions of hes work including hes happy sad on tube stations

I think this is interior shop of a glass 

wall in a building it has amazing 

reflections , so much its hard to work

out what is the reflection and what 

is inside the room 

 

This looks like a indoor shot 

it has great composition 

with all the robots 

has a good depth of Field 

This is a close up of some steps and building 

it has some great lines and shadows 

has good blue tones and shadows of the 

stair banister 

This looks like a bathroom that

has seen better days with a window in the room

you get a good reflection 

Has a good composition with the chair 

and coats hanging up

I love this indoor shot of the building 

I like the reflections in the water 

and the composition of this shot 

with the tones and textures make it 

a nice shot .

Nineth-six flats

Its a section of a flat showing many glass windows 

I love the different colour and tones of the windows 

I like this simple idea of taking a section of a building 

and showing it close up so you almost don't know what the image is

Its a good photo with great exposure and detail .

This is award winning photo 

The Tibetan cowboy 

         It won the Exerter contemporary open

Barry cawston has had exhibitions too

This is hes Barry's first major solo exhibition in the South West

Barry cawston has had many of hes work published over the years in books and magazines

In 1998 Building at risk published in the Sunday Telegraph Magazine and exhibited in the House of Commons and at the Roundhouse, London

IN 2000 Picture palaces was published in Interiors Magazine and exhibited at the Electric cinema 

IN 2002 public sculpture A book about about public sculptures in England's city's

In 2003 London proposals changing London the plan 

In 2006 street clutter , lose the signs save are street campaign

IN 2007 He highlighted the poor state of many Listed Churches Published in the Sunday Times Magazine 'Stella "

In 2008 Heritage at risk Published in the Sunday Telegraphy Magazine 

Also exhibited at Battersea 

In 2009 conservation Areas at Risk Exhibited in Kings Cross London .

Martin parrs exhibition / Research

I visited the Public in west brom to see Martin Parr's exhibition on black country stories

with over 600 photos on view off the black country life , there was even a few architectural and close up photos in the mix so was nice to see hes work




Martin Parr

 During the last 20 years Martin Parr has become established as Britons best-know  and most successful documentary photography
His goal is to show the real side of every day life  rather than the carefully edited idealised image other photographers show

          Some strange close ups from martin Parr

Martin Parr wanted to become a documentary photographer from the age of fourteen, and cites his grandfather, an amateur photographer, as an early influence of Art in 1970. In 1983, he began taking photographs in New Brighton, a run-down seaside resort on the Wirral outside Liverpool in England. Built as a Victorian rival to its elegant namesake in the south, by the turn of the century it had become a favorite resort for working-class families and day-trippers from towns in the industrial north west. By the time Parr got there, three New Brighton was in severe decline . Instead of the grainy black and white in which photographers had traditionally reflected Britain (particularly working-class Britain) for the past half-century, Parr took a medium-format camera, flash, and color film. It showed New Brighton and its holidaymakers in an unforgiving light. There was no safe veil of nostalgia, nothing subdued by black and white.

I found a article about Martin Parr in one of my old mags

A collection of martin Parr's work

Martin parr talking about some of hes photos at Parr world

a exhibition that was held in Gateshead at the Baltic

showing some of hes collection of books and photos

and showing a collection of hes own work .

Decisive moments

• 1952 born In Epsom surrey
• 1970 starts studying photography at Manchester polytechnic
• 1975 Given a Arts council of great Britain photography Award
• 1984 Takes up colour photography
• 1994 Becomes a full member of magnum photos
• 1999 Parr's book common sense signals a new direction with more focus on close up detail rather than wider scenes
• 2004 Appointed professor of photography at the university of wales
• 2005 Becomes a honorary fellow of the royal photographic society
• 2008 Made a honorary doctor of arts at Manchester metropolitan university

  

Black country stories

Martin Parr has spent a year documenting life of people in the Black Country, exploring modern day society and its cultural make up

 

I took some photos of the exhibition with my mobile phone



The photographic archive of 667 photographs is currently being displayed for free at The Public until 23

January 2011

new art now exhibition . research

I went to Birmingham art museum to look at the exhibition new art now
it had a great photo of a city landscape

This photo by chineses artist miao xiaochun is a colossal cityscape it shows a

 busy city with  architectural buildings in the background 

I studied the photo and realised that it was took with a slowish shutter speed to show the 

action and movement in the photography