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My Favorite Picture Of The Monarch Butterfly Resting On The Yellow Daisies Essay

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It was exceedingly difficult for me to choose which photos were my favorite. Partially because there was a large quantity of photos to choose from and partially because there were photos that, when I was taking them, I thought for sure that they would turn out well. However, when I saw the finished product, the picture wasn’t able to capture the same feeling as when I saw it in person. My favorite photo is the picture of the monarch butterfly resting on the yellow daisies. I choose this as one of my favorites, not because the subject matter was especially unusual or interesting, but because of the editing I was able to do to the photo. I don’t have much experience editing photos, so this project introduced me to some of the basic features available in Photoshop. I was able to darken the edges and blur some of the outer flowers so that the eye is drawn towards the center of the picture. Then I was able to alter the color of the flowers so that they were a brighter shade of yellow making the contrast of the yellow flowers to the orange butterfly more dramatic. After I did this, the photo looked too bright; so I made the shadows on the flowers more prominent and increased the overall saturation of the photo so that some of the darker areas balanced out the brightness of the flowers and the butterfly. I ended up centering the butterfly in the middle when I cropped it because I didn’t think the rule of thirds would apply well to this particular picture. I am happy with the

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