The Power of Light

For the next couple of months, this blog is going to take a different approach. I will be focusing on photography and nature. What better way to cherish what we have, so enjoy the pics!

Original photograph.

Enhanced color and brightness photograph.

Autoadjustments for brightness, contrast, and color.

Contrast and brightness can make a huge difference in a picture. Recently, I paid a trip to the local Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. Inside of the indoor aquarium there were jellyfish. I thought they would make an excellent photo. I was worried that there could blur, and darkness was definitely an issue. There was no lighting inside the facility except for small light emitting from the aquariums. Luckily, photoshop can help capture and enhance photographs that we might not necessarily consider well done and give the photograph the essence we originally wanted.

The first photograph is the original. It is extremely dark, and it is difficult to see what is in the picture.The second photograph is one enhanced by photoshop. I simply adjusted the contrast and brightness manually. I selected the highest brightness possible. Finally, the last photograph is one in which I chose to use the Autoadjust features of contrast, brightness, and color. As you can see, it made a very different photograph. Personally, I like the second one best, because I like the bluish tint of the fish, while the last one has a yellow tint to it. Photoshop enables photographs to have completely different appeals than their originals.