Conclusion

Q1.
Observations of different aspects of water have inspired many photographers, video makers and artists. The surface qualities of water and the effects of water on an object have been explored in different ways by Ernst Haas, Bill Viola and David Hockney. Look at appropriate examples and produce your own work

I am really proud of my outcome and my experimentation with different uses of materials used to create my final piece. I feel through this unit I have explored and researched thoroughly into many different water photographers and other skills required to capture water in different and interesting ways which in turn lead me to independently developing my skills to create a high quality piece of work which represents everything the topic asks of me. I worked hard to explore into the movement and film idea of water as well as the still frames which I believe straightened the out come of my work and helped me greatly to develop my editing skills whether in Photoshop or with a film editing soft wear where I created the time lapse out of still images. I worked solidly throughout the project to explore the features of water and it's effects on solid objects and other such as light.

Considering my final piece of work I'm really proud of my professional standard and believe I have produced the strongest images throughout the topic due to my research and development through shoots learning new techniques and skills along the way I managed to adapt these to capture extreme detail at such a high quality.

Presenting My Final Piece

To present my final piece in a professional and appropriate style I thought about the main focus of my images other than water which is movement. I wanted some way to represent my work in a motion. All of my final images are of water splashing droplets. Falling objects into water create this type of movement which in turn gave me the idea of suspending my images in motion to represent the drop of the object which creates a splash.

I suspended my images within a frame then giving them Independence to swing freely including they're own movement themselves which I feel helps bring the images to life.

Final Images

Each of these images has undertaken similar editing. All have increase in brightness, contrast and shadow visibility. This was important to bring out the best in the patterns created throughout the water. All of my final images are strongly pattern based focusing on the ringlets within the water and light reflection on the surface.  

As you can see above, light is an important factor within the image as the patterns distort it into the ringlets, this creates an interesting image to view and also creates a clear texture of the water. The reason for choosing the image above for one of my final images is the extreme mass of movement in the bottom right third compared to the rest. This splits the image nicely in a positive way and also draws the eye inwards to the more subtle but detailed movement in the top left third. In this position there is the strongest ringlet in the image which captures an interesting still of movement. While the rest of the image is busy concentrating on the mass movement which is visible through the hard light reflection on the water which was created artificially with a standard bedside lamp the droplet at the top is still in mid motion jumping back out of the water independently. I'm proud of this capture as the speed water moves at is extreme down to single mil-second I feel I've accomplished a professional standard piece of work.

 

The colouring within this image is by far some of the best editing I have been able to conger. This included a lot of colour modification to gain obvious yet natural water looking piece. The movement is captured in strength and all of the ringlets are perfect, identical and precise circles. Each droplet to the left of the image creates a smooth texture over the water while the ringlets disperser from their starting point. While like in the first image the third to the right is where most of the extreme water movement takes place. Although this is a large splash captured in movement the water still creates a smooth soft appearance in texture. I feel this symbolises the pure feel to the water as although it's being disturbed the fact it's ice (a different state of water) it's welcomed rather than ignored.

By far this is my personal favourite and I feel my most successful capture of all. The colouring of the entire image is a natural water blue, the fact that I had to crop the image down to focus on the most important section and strengthen it over all does not affect the quality of the overall image, in fact the immense detail and clear capture of tiny individual water droplets in motion is extremely impressive. This originally was an extremely weak image relating to the background and colouring. Even when cropping the image it was still distorted by sections of the sink including the dark obvious plug hole. However due to the exquisite capture of the splash mid motion representing a strong sculpture of water in smooth textures and sturdy movement I set out to get rid of the other factors which let the image down. Like the rest I edited the brightness, contrast and shadow depth within the image to enhance the patterns and shape the water is creating which in turn brings it to life within the still motion capture. Then with the blur tool set to work carefully on distorting the obvious plug whole and sink section which still remained in view. My final produced image represents a strong depth of field to all the background water within the image which in turn works in favour to exaggerate the droplet. I'm more than impressed with the turn out and especially pleased with the detail in lines which the water makes, the perfect circular shape of the splash where the ice has fallen and also the sturdy yet smooth wall created by the splash is the strongest section. None of this would work without the hard light used as this is what shows of the strong patterns and textures of the image.

Edits

Edits

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These images have all been adjusted in colour and cropped to bring them up to professional standard. I found out the best way to make the images look realistic was to increase contrast to gain strong patterns and movement and also shadow. However the best edit idea I places on all of my edited images was a colour variation layer this is a light gradient included to subtly change the colour this then allowed all my images to own a light blue quality which is the stereotypical colour of water. I did consider placing other colours such as red or green to make the images interesting and peculiar to view however I came to a quick conclusion that the images were much stronger with a professional streak throughout left blue.

Final Shoot

Final shoot

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To create these images I filled a sink with clear water and used Ice to create the separate splashes. My reasoning for using ice is to keep with the theme of water completely and representing different states. It soon became obvious throughout the shoot that the best images worked best when using a vast quantity of light. I found this out throughout my research of water reflection and light helps create the patterns within the water and also steanghthens the overall look. Most of my images were taken using flash and all on a Macro lens and fast shutter speed like those I used to capture the water droplets of rain on plants and other inanimate objects.

I'm really pleased with some of the patterns and sturdy sculptures created within the water however t the moment none of them are presented in a professional style while you can see the untidy and inappropriate background of the sink.

Final Shoot Idea

For my final shoot I want to combine all the different aspect of water which I have explored. Keeping in mind what worked well and what I'm good at. My favourite shoot was the one of the pond as I managed to capture some really interesting shapes in the water creating exciting sculptures. This also includes movement in the images which has been a main running focus throughout my research.

I want to create the same style of image with the water movement creating solid sculptures however instead of stones to create the splashes small and large shards of Ice. This keeps the water theme linked entirely through the image.

My Ice Time Lapse

This is my own representation of a melting ice cube time lapse. I feel the best part of this starts at 1.10 where the melting reverses. What I've done with this is place all of the images backward so that the melting reverses back to a solid state of ice. I'm really proud o the movement I have created within this time lapse piece and really pleased that I attempted to use other mediums to present my work such as film and still images. I feel that it's really linked together the concept of the exam question and I've explored many different mediums, states and patterns water can create.