Donna-P9

Photo Assignment Name Atmosphere Student Name: Donna H. Owen

Group Name: The Snapshots

PHOTO HERE Title: Cloudy Sunset

Tags: atmosphere, sky, sunset, clouds

Self Evaluation: I took this photo late one evening as the sun was setting. I had hoped to get a picture of rain, but we only had a light drizzle. The clouds looked ominous, and I liked the way the sun shone through them. I played around with Photoshop a little to get an eerie effect, and I cropped the photo to put the sun in the right position for rule of thirds. Although now when I look back at it, I shouldn’t have cropped it quite as much on the left. I looked at the sky very often as I thought about this photograph. I really wanted to capture something unique, such as hard rain, but the opportunity never presented itself. I learned a lot about color enhancement tools in Photoshop as I edited this photo.

(45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || Critique Comments:
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||
 * ** Instructor evaluates this section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%

Peer Critique Name: Jacki Blair (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) ||  Critique Comments: Jacki - Donna, I really like your picture of the coudy sunset. I like how I can see the sun peeking through a hole in the clouds. It really makes me want to go outside and watch the clouds! The only suggestion that I have is to maybe bring out more of the color in the photograph. Good job!
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||
 * ** Instructor evaluates this section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%

Mike – Donna, it looks like you and I were looking at the same sunset. It is amazing that you can see something so beautiful in the sky, capture the image, and come back 15 minutes later and see something totally different. It looks like your shutter speed and aperture were correctly set. The only thing that might make a different is to enhance the tint or change the hue and saturation in Photoshop to give it a hint of orange or yellow. Personally, I think it is a great photo. You did a good job in Photoshop.

__Kevin__- Donna, So many of your pictures have been great scenic shots. Nice depth of field with the movement of the bridge away from the forefront and continuing on a thirds path. Maybe, try to lighten the overall effect some. I wonder what the graffiti looks like. That might be a nice juxtaposition itself.

Emily-Donna, I like this photo; I have many photos similar to yours in my files for this class. :O) These atmoshperic shots were defintiely a challenge for me. Your composition captures the assignment well. As far as a suggestion, I think you could find an object to frame the atmoshpere. Otherwise, I think you did a nice job.