Landscape

Part 1:

- Did you use the rule of thirds? What did you emphasize, land or sky?

- Yes, I tried to emphasize the sky.

- What principles of design did you use and how?

- Emphasis: Emphasized the clouds.

  Repetition: The parked cars repeat

  Variety: The cars, truck, houses, poles, and fence create variety.

- What time of day was your image taken? Was it a good time to shoot or not?

- This image was taken at 9:30 AM. It was a good time to shoot because of the pretty sky.

- How did you use the foreground - background relationship?

- The cars in the foreground work nicely with the houses and sky in the background.

- Did you use the rule of thirds? What did you emphasize, land or sky?

- Yes, I tried to emphasize the land.

- What principles of design did you use and how?

- Emphasis: I emphasized the tree.

  Balance: The tree is roughly symmetrical.

  

- What time of day was your image taken? Was it a good time to shoot or not?

- The image was taken at 9:30 AM. It was a good time to shoot because of the even lighting in this particular location.

- How did you use the foreground - background relationship?

- The tree and the boys in the foreground are the emphasis while the sky makes the background look nice.

- Did you use the rule of thirds? What did you emphasize, land or sky?

- Yes, I tried to emphasize the sky.

- What principles of design did you use and how?

- Emphasis: Emphasized the clouds.

  Repetition: The parked cars and solar panels repeat.

  Rhythm: The repetition of the solar panels is quite rhythmic. 

- What time of day was your image taken? Was it a good time to shoot or not?

- This was shot at about 9:40 AM. The lighting was not great because it was hard to expose both the sky and land well. I had to merge the photos with an HDR preset to make it work.

- How did you use the foreground - background relationship?

- The rhythmic cars and panels catch the light of the sun and lead the eyes toward the sky in the background.

Part 2:

Part 3:

  Channel Mixer:

Gradient Map:

 

Lab Color:

Desaturate:

- Which method do you think produced the best results for you?

- I think the gradient map produces the best results.

- Did you achieve a large value range for each image?

- Yes.

Part 4:

Adjustment layer: A layer that allows us to non-destructively edit the hue, saturation, white balance, and many other aspects of the image.