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Post processed image of a Giant Egret at the edge of a pond, near Don Edwards Preserve.
Egret Reflection - Don Edwards 6-30-19 (1)mod 2b v1+Vivz v1-studio+Cez+Frame v1n+logo
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In the shot. I asked Mark Porter to think of memories that where he couldn't of done anything different with outcome. To bring out the the self reflection in his body language.
Edits:
- I increased the exposure
-Cropped
- Black increased
- an Increase in contrast
-Included a white boarder
- Increased the brightness
- Increased Saturation
- Sharpened a little
Self Reflection:
I think I did well on my photo triptych, I planned my images a head of time. My plan was to incorporate three photos that defines my culture. Instead of using large items I used smaller items. The three items are all hand-made, I wanted to demonstrate that mostly everything in my culture is hand-made and come from Earth. The drum represents the heartbeats of our ancestors and everything on this earth, the red tie is filled with tobacco, it is one of the 4 sacred medicines used; in this photo before a song is about being played we put down tobacco to honor the creator, our ancestors and everything on this earth. The middle image is a small item that could be made into a larger basket, this is/was used for gathering food like berries, fish, meat, etc. The last photo is 2 of the sacred medicines: Sage, and tobacco. I used creativity well I think in this final project, I tried my best to use thee photo's that describes my culture. Although it says to use camera raw, instead I used my own editing software that came with my camera called "ViewNX2". Honestly, I probably could have done better with the background, but I just had to work with what I had.
What the sacred medicines are used for:
They are used to cleanse ourselves. What you do is you scoop the smoke into your hands and bring it to your head, so you will think only good thoughts, no anger, jealousy, hate; to the eyes so you will see the world around you in a good way. And to the throat so you will speak in kindness and in non-judgmental ways; to the ears, so that you will listen truly listen to each other; to the heart so you feel connected to all living beings in a loving way; your emotions connect with Mother Earth; Women to the womb, so your life giving energies go out into the world in balance and harmony.
Part of my Daily in September 2023 collection.
A challenge by Pentaxforums.com.
Raw file edited in camera
Loosely inspired by the work of Vivian Maier, this photo was taken as part of a project during my university years.
Self Portrait.
The world is a dark place. We often feel surrounded by darkness. Enveloping us, swallowing us alive.
But there are sparks of light in every creation. Find them. Reveal them.
Revel in them.
The light will follow....
Do to unpopularity of my crazy frame experimentation,, here it is in square crop...ive kept a little yellow around it.
with this photo i had cloned out some of the leaves that overlapped behind my head distracting the silhouette, and it was done after adding the frame,
so to go to the original means having to clone out the leaves again [stuff that i say]
anyway does this look better or is the yellow frame still a killer?
Oh - to replace or upload as new
mm decisions-- oh seeing as though the original has medals and all, i shall upload it as a new.