ILLUSTRATION - A day in London

Another picture in London.

I edited this statue by first sharpening and increasing the levels of black against the white background. I then decided that the image would look better with monotonous all over except the union flag in the background.

ILLUSTRATION - A day in London

 Just a simple photo taken of a pigeon walking around on the street - as is very common in such a city.

I edited the colour and sharpness again - making the colour  a little darker to try and bring out the mood of the puddle and the wetness of the pavement to make it seem like a dreary day, even though it really wasn't.

EXHIBITION - Well's Cathedral

Just simple basic sharpening and colour enhancing on this image. 

Taken in Well's Cathedral, it shows the unusually windy staircase leading - on the right - to a huge hall and - straight on - into the court-yard.

ILLUSTRATION - A day in London

Before & after of a picture I took on the London eye of Central London.

I put over a black and white on Photoshop - like the other colour-selection image I posted - and went through the process of selecting the colour, copying and pasting - etc.

I then enhanced the red colour I had chosen as well as sharpening the image and cropping out the boring skyline.

CONCEPT - Sepia

 I edited the image once more to place a sepia over the very top of it.

This gives the photo a really old feel - just as I wanted.
The effect given to the viewer really shows the oldness to the area - perhaps displaying it as it would've been when it was first built, as it looks seemingly untouched.

ILLUSTRATION - A day in London

CONCEPT - Sepia

This is a picture taken of the street next to Wells Cathedral.

I edited by darkening it and enhancing the colour before playing around with other effects until I came to sepia.

I feel this effect brings out the more historic look to the viewer, but I think - once the attention is drawn to the archway - the cars beyond disturb the more old-age look.

This picture does comply with the rule of thirds.

EXHIBITION - Well's Cathedral

This picture shows an arch inside Wells Cathedral, I took the picture looking directly up towards one of the small windows just beyond a decorated wall.
In photoshop, I made sure to enhance the picture by using the sharpening tool and then adjusting the brightness and contrast of the picture. Finally, I edited the colours slightly to make the picture look really deep and belittling.

EXHIBITION - Well's Cathedral

 I manipulated this image in Photoshop.

I used the basic method of making the original image black and white, duplicating the image and using the new layer by selecting the colour I wanted (the gold in this case) with the magic wand tool and copy-and-pasting this selected colour onto the original black-and-white image (deleting the copied layer) and so being left with this. With a few adjustments and enhancements to the golden colour, I found this image to be effective on the viewer.
If I was a person looking at the images, I would think that this image can be seen as a little bland, however I feel that others may like this image because of how it draws the attention of the viewer to this old, grand clock.

EXHIBITION - Well's Cathedral

EXHIBITION - Well's Cathedral

This picture was taken of the exterior of Wells Cathedral. 

It follows rules of symmetry, but not the rules of thirds. 

I edited it to really make the centre (the angel) stand out in a really menacing fashion against the darkness.

CONCEPT - Sepia

I brightened and sharpened this picture of a very large building & courtyard in Poland which I took around April last year before placing a Sepia effect on it.

ILLUSTRATION - A day in London

I manipulated this image by using brightening the colours and sharpening the image.

This picture was taken on the London Eye in the evening - as we can see the evening sun hitting the buildings just off to the right from the centre.

Slightly tilted shot of a cathedral in Poland.

I used a feature in Picnik called 'boost' which boosted the colours of the photo - making the golds, greens and the blue of the sky really stand out. 

  This picture does the same thing, though I don't think I'm very happy with the darkness the 'boost' tool has made the red-brick of the tower.

On the other hand, I really like how this picture came out. The light hitting the front of the cathedral looks great and, again, the enhanced colours really make this picture stand out.