Connecting Essay 3

Internet Photograph

This is a simplistic capture of a group of flowers with almost equal shaped petals to compliment one another. Selective colour has been used in this photograph to enhance the colour of the actual flower itself. The colour of the petals are a pastel shade of purple which is light and soft to provide this picture with a sense of tranquility as it doesn't scream at the viewer when they look at it, they would most likely just focus on the colourful areas as these are what stand out against the rest of the black and white background. The overall photo has been beautifully framed because there's colourful flowers from left to right, insted of large blank areas that are just wasted space. Selective colour enables a viewer to focus on the main points of the image, as when choosing a bunch of flowers it's the petals and colours of them that attract someone rather than the green stems and leaves that are just there to support and surround the key feature.

My photograph

I believe in this photograph of mine, I have applied the selective colour tool effectively in order to bring out the bright beauty of flowers. They exhale a bright neon pink shade which can certainly draw someone's attention. Not all of the flowers are one block of colour, they include the formal element tone which also portrays their form which is another one of the formal elements. The formal elements in this piece as a whole construct a well thought of piece of photography. The selective colour tool enables a certain aspect of a picture to stand out against the rest, and in this piece I have accurately performed this technique as there's not one piece of a flower missing it's bold colour. Therefore, as a first attempt at selective colour I believe that my piece was successful.

The Connection

The connections between my photograph and the internet photograph is evident through just looking at them both. They both include the print technique selective colour, however not the same colour has been selected. The flowers I took a picture of are pink, and the flowers in the internet photograph are lilac. These however are colours that are both associated with girls so both images have that romantic edge. Both groups of flowers look beautiful and healthy and both pictures are also framed well, however the internet photograph is framed more effectively. The right side of my image has wasted space because there's no colour to fill it, just black and white leaves and stems. Overall the connection shared between these two pieces of photography isn't exactly 100% identical however a lot of the characteristics in both pictures are similar which is why I chose these two pictures to connect.