PRACTICAL SKILLS, EVALUATION AND REFLECTION -Fourth Shoot and Finals Images

Fourth Shoot Edits
 For all of these photos I used an aperture of f25, an ISO of 100 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds. I used a DSLR camera with a neutral density filter in order to allow the shutter to be open for 30 seconds without the photo being over exposed. I edited them all using the camera raw filter in photoshop and changed them to black and white to relate mainly to the work of John Blakemore but also to both Thomas Joshua Cooper and Michael Kenna.


In this image I like the way minimal water runs over the rock in the centre. You can see the single strands of water and then they disappear as the join the base of the waterfall. I think this is one of the stronger images compared to the others because of the contrast between the whites and the blacks. I also feel like there is no area in the photo where it looks over exposed.
I also used the dodge tool on the sky as it appeared very grey. I think this image isn't as successful because the right hand side of the waterfall appears over exposed. I also feel that it is a little grey where the water joins at the base of the waterfall. However, if you increase the whites then the right side of the waterfall becomes very over exposed. I like the way the lines show the direction of the path the water is taken once it falls from the waterfall. Although, I think this photo is too much it may have been more successful if it was exposed of less time to reduce the overexposure towards the right hand side of the image.
I think this photo is more successful from this set. I like the crisp detail of the rock in the centre, it becomes a focus point of the photo. I think it works well because the water is so fast flowing it it creates a smooth feel to the photo.







Final Images

 This is my three images are my final images

 I mainly increased the whites, clarity and shadows of this photo. I change the photo to black and white to signify the work of my researched photographers such as, John Blakemore, Thomas Joshua Cooper and Michael Kenna who use the technique of using slow shutter speeds to capture the change in the environment like the water moving. I prefer this image compared to some of the others from this shoot and would choose it as a final image.




This is my favourite out of these style final images. I like the contrast of the image and how the sun comes through the trees and creates shadows over the rocks on the left. I like how the water cascades over the horizontal laying rock in the middle. It reminds of the work of Michael Kenna where he uses a similar technique of using a slow shutter speed. It could also link to the work of John Blakemore who also uses this style and produced a project based on doing long exposure photos with rocks and waters. He also uses large and medium format cameras, I chose to use a digital camera instead of using more traditional techniques.


I think these are some of my more successful images and are widely related to their work. I like the detail of the centred rock where there is less water flowing over the central rock so theres more detail. I think the day I chose to shoot was fantastic conditions as the sun lightens up the shrub in the bottom right corner. I also like the random stick that pokes through the water and how the stick doesn't move during the timed exposure, it comes through the water in crisp detail. As the water brushes over it it creates a soft and smooth edge to the base of the stick to make it look like it is floating.
I think these final edits are the better images from all of my shoots, as they show development of the long exposure process from the start of my project where I have had problems and limitations to overcome during the process of the project.



















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