Pure Nature shots

My favorite photo in this category is #6. I did not originally intend to take this photo; 6 and 4 are both pieces of one larger photo. It’s interesting to see what new shapes/patterns/subjects can emerge with extreme cropping. The idea of cropping a photo to make a more interesting one (or several) came from group critiques. I love the colors and textures that are prominent in #6, and I like the abstract effect created by the ripples, water plants, and tree shadows.

To make the photos more interesting, I saturated many of them and cropped them to bring the focus to specific parts of the photo. I think #1 especially benefited from being saturated because it brings out the colors very well. 3 and 5 also have vibrant colors that looked even better saturated.

In photo 7, I really liked the tall tree and its colors, and I thought the long composition of the photo emphasized the tree.

After critiques from other people, I got the idea to crop photos to create multiple interesting shots from one big photo. I also discovered that some photos I had skipped over earlier were unique.

This set of images was more difficult to shoot than that of nature with the presence of humans because we see so many pure nature photos everywhere, and it’s really difficult to find images that are not like many you’ve seen before.