Shoot Nine

In this shoot, I went to the same location as in shoot four and the aim of this shoot was to improve on my images from shoot four as I felt the ideas of the outcomes were successful but the quality of the images produced could have been better. In this shoot, I took two different lenses so that I could capture the landscape which was further away and this allowed me to capture more detail and quality of the landscape and the features. The shoot was taken at the Blue Lagoon on the outside of Hartlepool were I experimented with the rule of thirds with different objects washed up on the beach and I also focused on experimenting with the reflections of the distant landscape from the stagnant water on the beach. The shoot in general links in with Man vs Nature because of the landscape which is natural in the foreground and the background consists of the instustry that creates pollution which has all been created by man. Overall, I think that this shoot has been successful as my aim of obtaining better quality images has been successful as well as experimenting more with the reflections in the water.

This outcome has been successful as I have captured the reflection of the industry in the puddles on the beach which has left an interesting symmetrical effect with the different shapes of the different industrial buildings. The idea of these reflections is that mankind have left their mark everywhere in the natural world, even in the reflections of the natural objects such as the sea. Furthermore, the angle in which the image has been taken from allows the viewer to see these reflections as well as the different textures in the distant landscpe as well as in the close up aspects of the image. When editting the iage, I rotated it slightly so that the horizon line was completely straight, increasing the quality of the image, I also increased the sharpness of the image as well as altering the brightness and colours .

This is a very interesting yet distressing image which shows the remains a washed up seal with the industry in the background. The idea of this image is to portray to the viewer how industry and pollution is effecting the natural world around us in a serious way, not just killing the land but also the animals in it, the aim of the image is to create awareness of the harm that mankind is causing. I particularly like the composition which contains rules of thirds with the seal , being the main focus of the image, being off centre, but also the general set up of the image as the seal in the foreground with the industry in the background - showing that the seal is a deadly effect of the pollution caused by the industry.

This image also makes use of rule of thirds by having the washed up timber (the main focus of the image) slighty off centre. As well as this, the industry has been captured in the background again to show that it effects everything in the natural environment, and that man made aspects such as the industry constantly get in the way of natural landscapes. The strange branch that has been washed up on the beach is an interesting feature in the image and its natural apsect contrasts with the man made scene in the background.

This is a unique image as it focuses on the actual reflection in the water rather than the industry in the background and the reflection as well. It is interesting because the viewer has to almost got to guess what the image is of, as by focusing in on the reflection, it distorts the idea of the reflection as the viewer cannot see the objects which are reflected. I like the colours in this image because they show how the reflection is darker than the rest showing how dominant mankind is on the natural world. Furthemore, I have enhanced the sharpness of the image and the brightness and contrast to enhance the quality of the image.

Rule of thirds has been used to create this image, as the washed up crab net , being the main focus of the image, is slightly off centre. To enance the idea of this being the main focus of the image, I have used aperture settings to focus on the foreground and blur out the background. Also, the idea of the image is that of the image being taken in a natural place, being the beach, and man made objects have 'invaded' this scene, making mankind dominant over the natural world. The contrast being the natural scene clashing with the man-made aspects.

These three images are more successful outcomes of this shoot which are based on Victoria Siemers work with mirrored landscapes. In these images, like the ones on my experimentation page, I have used photoshoot to duplicate and vertically flip part of the image to digitally create a reflection of the man made aspects in the images. I have reflected the man made aspects/industry in all of the images of this genre to illustrate the significance of the industry in the image as I have tried to portray through the shoot how mankind and its modern industry have destroyed the natural landsccape. Even the scene of the industry in the landscape destroys the natural look and so by duplicating the industrial aspects in the images, this enhances this idea. I have created more of these types of images in this later shoot because I think that the raw images used to create these final outcomes are more successful than the other images used when I first experimented with the technique.

These images are the outcomes that I initially wanted when I was palnning my shoot, as they show the natural landscape which has been taken over by the man made industrial buildings and this is then reflected into the seawater, emphasising how man invades every aspect of nature. The images include a slightly symmetrical composition as the lining between the land and the sea in the background are just about in the middle of the image - the industry buildings are on the top half of the image and the reflections are on the bottom part, displaying some aspects of symmetry. To take these images, I used a larger lense what allowed me to zoom in further on the industry as it is the main focus of the image and this allowed me to obtain more detail with the buildings being quite a distance away. Furthermore, the landscape images were altered so that the horizon line was completely straight, however the image to the right was more difficult when doing this because I had totake into account the line of the tide which was not straight and so from first glance the image does not look straight as the viewer is drawn more to the tide line that the horizon line.

This outcome is a good example of the use of aperture in this shoot, as I was able to focus the image on the foreground and capture the textures of the sandy surface which I had not done in any of the other outcomes. With the main focus of the image being on the sandy surface, it takes the viewers attention away from the industry in the background slightly, as allows them to see the beauty of the nature that surrounds the industry. The colours of the sand contrast with the dark industrial colours and the natural textures make the image more appealing. However, the industry is still there in the background illustrating that it will always effect the natural environment in some way. Furthermore, the image has been broken up into rule of thirds, with 3 horizonal strips, the bottom being the sandy ground which is in focus, the middle third being the puddle from the sea which reflects the industry and the top strip shows the sea and the industry in the background.