I chose the top photo for my first holiday photo because I think this photo was a nice photo of the presents under the tree. I like the balance of color with the present gift wrapping complementing with the pinkish red rug and the brown wrapping paper complementing with tannish white part of the rug. I like the lighting in the top photo because it is not too overexposed to too much light and the color is well balanced without any color distortions. I cropped the top of the photo and part of the corners because there were some distractions with chairs partially framed in the photo so I cut them out to make the photo easier to look at and to focus on the Christmas spiritual essence of the photo. I like how there is a pattern of green and red and pink in this photo because the gift wrapping balances the tree with the Christmas colors. I also like that the photo has a wide focal range in this photo which makes this photo more visible to observe. I also like the bottom photo because there are a lot of different ornaments on the tall Christmas Tree in the George W. Bush Presidential Library Christmas exhibit. I was fascinated by its enormous height of around 18 feet. I also found the ornaments funny as well because the ornaments towards the middle of the photo are sewn dolls of the characters of A Christmas Carol with Marley in the red robe and wearing a night cap on his head. I also like the balance of color in the second photo because it has an even balance of whites, reds, and gold. I also like the reflection of the room shown through the shiny round silvery ornaments near the bottom of the photo. I also like the lighting because it isn't too harsh except for the top right corner of the tree. I wish the spotlight on the tree wasn't shown in this photo because it slightly distorts the colors in the bottom photo and it washes out some of the green branches and some of the ornaments near the top of the tree. I also wish the focal range in this photo was a little bit wider in the bottom photo because it is blurry near the top of the tree. I took these photos on my Nikon D3200, without flash and using natural lighting and auto focus adjustments.
I like in the first photo how you were able to capture the details in the different wrapped presents. I wish however the photo just focused on the presents. The bottom of the tree and the curtain in the background are distracting and I think they are taking away from the focus of the photo. Maybe if you zoomed in on the presents under the tree it may make a better photo.
ReplyDeleteI like your second photo because how you captured the tree, you did not cut off any major parts of it, so it does not look jagged or cut off. I also like how the background is not distracting, except for the spotlight in the corner like you said. I wish the lighting was different in this photo. I do not like how it is dark in the center then bright on the outside. I think it makes you loose more details in the photo. If the lighting was brighter we might have been able to see more details in the ornaments on the tree and details in the tree itself. Good Job.