reflection in the dark- while this image may look scary and meaningless at hindsight, there is actually a story behind this, It was 3-4am I was thirst and went down to the kitchen to get a cup of water. Where I discovered that the curtain was still open and decided to go and close it. That is when I stumbled upon a reflection of me in the dark. The lamp light of the outside perfectly aligning with the pupil in my eye. The handcrafted tree on the wall behind me getting reflected. the religious bell on the table to the right of me also getting caught in the reflection, and the obvious trees out-side the window. Usually, this view is quite amazing and beautiful. But, in this certain angle, time, and place this view was horrifying. This made me think of some thing, quite wise. If a person only saw this, he wouldn't like the view very much. But, if another person saw the view at a different time and angle he would love it. Both, would be oblivious to the possibilities. This means, that you should always consider all, or at least most angles in order to form a perspective or opinion about something or someone, nothing is good all the time. I achieved this image by the use of cropping, erase, curve, and layering. This, enabled me to add a spooky mood and, also efficiently and accurately merge the images so it doesn't look funky and absurd. Considering different angles is always important.
Time and sunset- Funnily enough, this image based on the same landscape, also has quite a story behind it, this time I was just casually wandering around my house, until the fantastically, almost unrealistically, red colored sky caught my eye. As I went closer to this landscape, there was a slight and almost imperceptible, change in the overall sunset, I had set my eyes onto each of the different colors, I had noticed the red sun emitting dangerously red sunlight straight into the clouds and the frozen pond, I had noticed the glistening cold interpretation of that light reflected from the frozen body of water changing into something colder and darker, and the volcanic interpretations by the clouds gradually turning into obsidian. This drove home a surprisingly obvious concept for me, the fact that time is always changing, and nothing can and will ever be the same. Even though this is something everyone knows, it isn't something everyone admires, or understand for me this makes me feel the ticking of the clock, getting closer to the inevitable. This is how I imagine myself looking while realizing and feeling this. The obvious differences are the difference in editing, this was more guided with a certain plain, which makes the editing more realistic, but also the skills I learned in class like layer masking allowed me to understand how it was working, and add few tweaks of my own. I also think my posture in this image is better for selfies, in the other one it looks like I am slouching, or am tilted like Pisa, which helps achieve the rule of thirds. I also think the curve adjustment, vibrance, and exposure in the second layer is tweaked better for better visibility, and composure.