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.