Things

Assignment: Things

Location: Moms tomato bush

The goal of this assignment was to get a close up shot of an object from one to two feet away. I wanted to push this and get as close as possible, so I chose a little friend from the garden to be my subject. This grasshopper chose my moms tomato bushes as his home. I’d always see him there when I went to pick a tomato. He had so much detail that I wanted to get a close up shot of him.

I wanted this image to feel vibrant, and almost fun, because it always made me smile to see him in his same spot each time. To make it seem more vibrant I messed with the contrast do try and take away that dullness. The vine that he is chillen on helps move your eye though the photo but also leads it to the focal point, being the grasshopper. I tried to make very little detail and color truly pop in the grasshopper to help your eye attract to him. The orange spots in the background help create depth in the image but is a little distracting. I would like to go back and make the orange not so bright. I think the grasshopper itself is detailed enough to hold the viewers eye.