thirds doc

For my top photo, I was roaming my neighborhood looking for good subjects when I passed this cliff. I knew that I would like to have that cliff in my photo, and the closest thing that would make a good subject for thirds was this telephone pole, so I lined it up to where I thought the cross-hairs would be and took the shot. I was wrong. In photoshop I ended up being way off with the cross-hairs so I has to crop and use the home-made grid shape to get it perfect. I also brought the brightness down a little bit, and tweaked the shadow highlight function to tone down the cloud brightness a little bit.

I also found the subject of my bottom photo as I was walking through my neighborhood. It was coincidentally right next to where my top photo was taken. I was walking when I noticed this tree which I thought was a pretty cool looking tree. The way it's bent and the dark shade on it. And the piece of paper on it which is actually a notice that the tree will be torn down to make room for road widening adds a sense of sadness almost to me. So I lined it up (again wrong), and snapped it. In photoshop I fixed the cross hairs again the same way as before. and brought up the brightness. I also tweaked the shadows and highlights again.

Done