Allison Goldman: Extended Seeing Recipe

This was voted my picture of the week.  I used an Iphone 5 IOS 7.0.2.  This photograph was taken using a panorama feature on my camera that comes with my phone, so I did not need to download an app for my panorama shots.  This shot was taken at Tyler State Park, 10 minutes from where I grew up (a lot of my nature shots are taken at different points of this location- the park is HUGE).  The colors and sun glare are natural- I had great lighting during this shoot that took place in late afternoon, roughly 3 or 4 o'clock.  I did use a photo editing app called BeFunky.  It's a free app that features all of the necessary basics for photo editing (brightness, contrast, hue/saturation) as well as a few nice filters.  I did use a filter called "Cross Process" that brought out the colors and the sun glare a little bit.  I then turned down the brightness, contrast, and saturation a tiny bit to make it look more natural.  BeFunky also allows users to adjust filters.

 


I also got a lot of comments on the distorted photographs.  These were taken with the same phone, also using panorama.  Number 1 was taken by moving my left hand with the camera using a panorama feature.  This was not easy, since this technique is rather unpredictable and there are several bloopers on my phone from getting it wrong.  I then made the photograph black and white using a filter that comes with my camera called "Mono."  The second photograph was taken using panorama, then moving the camera quickly back and forth once.  This cut out half the picture, and created an illusion that the lighter had burned off half the photograph.  This was a total accident.  I softened the photograph and decreased the saturation using BeFunky.  The last photograph involved me waving my hand back and forth with the camera that was set on panorama.  I then used a filter called "Instant 1" and decreased the brightness and contrast to make the filter less extreme.