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Photo Assignment Name: Scenic Photo

Student Name: Emily Smith

Group Name: The Snapshots

Title: First Signs of Fall

Tags: harvest spider, fall, macro, scenic

For this shot, I must have taken at least twenty different photos in order to get this beautiful spider in focus. I used the macro setting to capture this shot. I had to get pretty close to the spider without bothering it. Some shots were in focus and others were not. Finally my hard work and patience paid off because I was able to capture this shot. This harvest spider was in my parents' yard about a month ago; it is no longer there.

Capturing this shot was one of the first times I used the macro setting on my camera. I really had to play with my perspective and angle of the photograph. I tried using the zoom, but those shots were horrid. I tried shooting from behind the spider, but those shots only turned out underexposed. Once I turned on the macro setting I knew I was on to something. Experimenting with the other twenty photos really paid off. I love how the spider is the first thing you see in this shot and I enjoyed testing the different angles in order to capture this great shot.

Self Evaluation (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || Critique Comments: Emily, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:) This spider is creepy! Your photo, however, is quite lovely. You did an excellent job with focus for this shot. I like how the viewer can see the detail of the web. You also applied rule of thirds nicely. Improvement? Use Photoshop to remove the spider:)
 * 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: Donna Owen (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%

__Kevin__- Emily, Great job. It was nice of the spider to wait on you to get the shot. Nice job of depth of field and clear focus on the subject. The only thing that would make this better would be a little more clarity on the flowers immediately near the spider, but I don’t know how you would accomplish this.

Jacki - Emily, I really like your picture. I love how you have the spider in focus and the background a softer focus. It would be cool to see more of the web, but I am not sure how you would do that; maybe the flash or water droplets splashed on it (but then the spider might leave:)). Great job!

Mike - Emily, great shot! You have the spider focused perfectly, the flowers focused less, and the trees were even less focused than any other part of the picture. Excellent depth of field shot, too! You did an outstanding job of capturing the "scenic" aspect of this. The spider, being off-center, can be said to conform to the rule of thirds. The only thing I might suggest is adding light to the image. If the flash is too bright, I wonder what the picture would have looked like withan external light source, like a flashlight or external flash some distance back. Overall, an awesome shot!! Good job!!!