As source images for this assignment, I chose (digital) photographs of cows in pastures earlier this year (example, above right). I noticed that if I zoomed way in on some of these cows-in-pasture images, there were thistles and some interesting-looking weeds growing in front of the cow. And, if I zoomed further in, that it was hard to tell there was even an cow/animal even there. The animal just became an interesting abstract background.
1.) two (different) highly cropped images of cows with thistles.
2.) I've also included a second image of a further edited/altered/vignetted image of a cow (with multiple thistles) that I created for a photography class in July. I like this one even better; it makes the original context even more obscure.
Going through this exercise made me realize how many wonderful images can be gleaned from one shot -- even a rather unremarkable shot to begin with.
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Further edited image |