The high angle usually asserts dominance and shows what is imaged as being ‘less than’, small, fragile and weak. In this instance, the plant can be viewed as under attack from something – for example humans/climate change against the environment. It causes us to deem the plant as fragile and vulnerable to the bigger source.

Reflection on worm’s eye view image:

I like that you can see the texture of the tree bark close up in the image, as well as the colours of the brown trunk and green leaves in the background, because I feel as though it adds to the overall aesthetic. The tree trunk is sort of a leading line in the image but not a very obvious one.

Improvements-

Creativity: The photo isn’t very creative. I think that having a less over exposed background and rain drops/rain could make the image much more creative and appealing.

Aesthetics: The tree trunk acts as a semi-leading line but would be better if it was in the middle of the image and had a direct focus to the top of the tree and leaves. I could’ve improved the rule of thirds by having the trunk in the middle and bottom third of the photo, and then the branches acting as leading lines out of the third and into the remaining space.

Skills: The background behind the leaves is a bit over exposed which takes away from the leaves’ colour and aesthetic. The bottom of the tree trunk is also slightly too blurry since I was trying to make it the focused part of the image, with the rest of the tree blurry.

The low angle frames the tree as being more dominant, stronger and powerful. In this instance, it could be related to the real world as the tree is a strong built structure that provides the earth with many benefits, therefore conveying the idea that it is important.

Reflection:

I like the overall idea of the photo and attempts of using some visual techniques. I tried using leading lines from the bench to draw your eyes to the person. I also tried to use perspective with the bench by lowering the camera to its level. Rule of thirds was also attempted by putting the bench in the bottom third of the image.

Improvements:

The composition – The colourful patterned ping pong table closer to the bottom left of the image adds too much contrast to the rest of the colour scheme. In the top right hand corner there is a shade cover that adds a distraction and takes away from the main focus. There is also a tile pattern wall on the building which adds to the distraction.

The camera angle could’ve been lowered so you could see more of the bottom of the bench and create more of an obvious angle and perspective.

The creativity in the image was decent but definitely could’ve been improved by adding possibly costumes or props.

My skills aren’t great since I am new to photography, but to improve them, I could’ve focused more on the angle of the camera, and focus (for example, whether the whole image is clear and focused, or if I have the main person and leading lines in focus, and then background blurred)

Finally, the image aesthetic could be improved by having the main person wearing a colour that creates a contrast to the background and leading lines colours, but isn’t so different where it is overly distracting. Other than that, the shades of brown on the bench and greens on the trees does mix quite well.