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A champagne flute from different points of view

I made this image by placing the champagne glass on a coffee table in front of a window so that I would have the light form behind. I chose a champagne glass because not only I wanted to capture the glass but what you can see through it. Moreover, this champagne glass has white lines that go around it and I thought it would make a nice effect. I took this picture by lying down and putting the camera on the coffee table. Not only I wanted to get the inside of the glass, but also from this perspective it makes it look like a normal glass and not a flute. I liked this image because the glass is the main image in the picture and I like how the background is not in focus, and you can’t really see where the glass is. 

In this picture I placed the glass behind a bronze chandelier, which its arms curve in circles. This reminded me of the movement of the white lined on the champagne glass and I tried to make the two go in opposite ways (the chandeliers arm is stopping/contrasting the lines on the glass). This time I place the glass behind and put it out of focus because I wanted to make the lines on it stand out. I like this picture because I obtained what I was looking for. The glass blends with the background yet its lines enter twain with the chandelier.

 

For this image the glass was placed on the coffee table but this time I focused for the bottom to the top. I also like that the glass slightly reflects on the table and that you can see the top of it better in the reflection that you can see on the table, rather than looking at it directly. But while the reflection fades towards the top the reflection on the bottom is clear and seems that the glass is on top of another glass. Overall I liked this image and thought it was effective because of its reflection on the table. I really like that you can see the lines on the glass for the reflection rater than on the glass itself. 

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I chose this photographs because I relate to it three concepts from the book: Depth and perception, repetition and color.

Having the photograph shot from below the butterflies appear bigger then the trees that surround them. As you look up towards the top of the tree the butterflies appear smaller. I believe that this photograph drags the viewer’s eye into the image. You start by looking at the first butterflies at he bottom of the tree and then follow the image to the top. Gradually, as you reach the last butterflies, the view starts to spread bringing the background into the view. This amplifies the perception of depth making you realize how tall the trees actually are. Moreover there is repetition in this photograph. I believe it’s a positive aspect of this photograph, because if there were to be only one or tow butterflies the photo would not be complete. The number of butterflies gives a sense of confusion and of disorder; yet again it appears they are not moving so there is a contrast of delicate and calm. The numerous butterflies harmonize the photograph. Such small animals seem bigger than the forest surrounding them. Finally the color, the color in this photo completes and uniforms it, attracting the viewer to the center of the photo. The double-faced wing of the butterflies gives contrast to the butterflies themselves. But the butterfly on foreground has the first impact on the viewer. The bright orange contrasts the light blue sky along with the sunbeam, which also appears as a flash of a camera. Overall the hues in this photo are vibrant and the contrast attracts the viewer form the butterfly to the sky. On the other hand, the brown trunks of the tree along with the dark green treetops create a frame to the butterflies placed in the center of the photograph. 

 

Monarch Butterflies, Mexico

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic

Millions of monarch butterflies travel to ancestral winter roosts in Mexico's shrinking mountain fir forests.