For my photo manipulation assignment I decided to use two pictures that I took myself. The one above was taken in my backyard this past spring as you can see from the blooming apple tree. I played around with many different effects, colours and overlays but I felt they were taking away from the picture too much so I settled on a few subtle brightness/contrast changes and an effect so it almost seems a little like a drawing. I don't think anyone would be confused or misguided by these changes because the detail in the picture is pretty high especially the ground and the leaves on the trees. The detail is just far too high to really be a drawing or painting. You do miss out on a few things when viewing the edited picture such as the vibrancy of the colours.
For my second photo I used this picture that I took at the end of the summer. I had a rare day off and went to Toronto to catch up with some friends who I met in culinary school last year. They brought me to a place called Knife that sells - you guessed it -knives. I bought this Masakage as a reward to myself for working so hard in first year and over the summer. The changes I made to the photo include the usual adjustments to brightness and contrast, an effect to darken the top of the blade while making the edge appear much shinier, and a sort of scattered light effect as if it was reflecting off the blade. That was the intention but I feel that most people who saw it without the original would know right away it was edited. I suppose it could confuse some people though. The darkness and effects of the picture makes it more difficult to see the true colour of the knife. It is also more difficult to see the dimples in the blade.
