Connecting Essay 4

This is an image I had found online. The first the I notice about it is that the colour is bright and vivid. The bright white flower is very contrasting against the green grass, so that the outline of it is very clear and the shape can we easily seen. The stem of the flower also contrasts against the grass, so that we can see exactly where the flower is coming from. The flower itself only takes up a very small amount of the frame, but because of the significant contrast we still focus on it. Another aspect of the image which ensures we focus on the flower is the blurring. The top two thirds, and the very bottom of the frame is blurred, leaving only the flower and a thin line of grass below it is in focus. The significance of the blur means we cannot identify any of the surroundings, so that we entirely focus on the flower. The background of the photo is green grass at the bottom of the frame but dark at the top half of the frame, and because of the blurring these colours slightly blend which creates a nice, simple background. 

This, on the other hand, is an image I had taken. I quite like the variation of different colours visible in this image, and the way they establish autumn. I decided to enhance these colours by increasing the saturation in order to bring out the autumnal tones in it, such as reds, greens and yellows. The single flower stands out as it is bright white, and contrasts against the autumnal colours of the leaves, so that the outline is visible. Depth is shown clearly as the leaves get smaller the further away from the camera they are. They also become very out of focus, implying they are further away. I like how the flower is off centre, as it allows us to focus on the autumnal colours of the surrounding leaves. The highlights create a smooth texture of the leaves, which contrasts against the textured grass, which creates individual lines. I also like how only the ground is visible, as there is nothing else in the frame distracting us from the autumn scene. The flower itself only takes up a small amount of the frame, but it is still very visible due to the contrast. I had used a high angle shot, as this allows depth to be shown more clearly because the leaves that were really far from the camera were visible. 

Both these images have similar content as they both include an off centre flower, which only takes up a very small amount of the frame. In both cases, the flowers are still very visible due to the contrast between them and the backgrounds. Both images also shown depth very clearly, and both use blurring to do this. The colours in both photos are enhanced and made more vivid to emphasise that time of year. 

Despite these similarities, the two images also have a few differences. As well as blurring, my image shows depth because the leaves furthest away from the camera are very small, which implies they are further away. The image I had found online does not show this, but uses burring more significantly to show depth. Another difference between these two images is that colour is more significant in the image I had taken as vivid reds, yellows, oranges and greens are shown. On the other hand, the lack of colour in the other pictures background makes it even more contrasting as the white flower can really stand out against it. The photos have also both been taken in different formats. I didn't want to take my image as a landscape as I thought this would make the flower appear smaller in the frame, and therefore the eye would be distracted away from it. Despite this, the landscape format works well for the photograph I has found, as it emphasises the size of the area.