Animals Gone Wild!
In our Computer Graphics II class, we were assigned to take ten photos. Five of these photos had to come from a digital camera and the other five from a conventional camera. The following five photos were taken at the National Zoo in Washington, DC using the digital camera. The theme of this album is simply “Animals.”
I thought that animals would be a good theme because they are naturally beautiful and are great in photos. Animals have a natural rhythm and great vibes about them that you cannot find in most people or places. 
This first image is of a tiger walking. Since it was taken using a digital camera, I was able to zoom in on the tiger which was actually pretty far away. There was not much that I needed to do to enhance the photo, but since I did not want the tiger to faded away I put the spotlight on him while editing. I find the picture very unique because I feel it represents what the tiger may be feeling. He is calm but only because he does not have much to do. He is stuck between large walls for display. The only decisions he can make is whether to jump in the water or run on the small hill.
This next image is of a panda. Before the picture was edited to black and white, the grass was a dirty green color and there were branches and things laying around. The environment did not look very healthy at all for the panda in my opinion. The black and white helped to erase those things and also helped to show the beauty of the panda beyond everything in its surroundings. The black and white create a sense of independence for the panda and allow his glow to stand out. 
This third picture is of otters. Otters are not something that most people think about when discussing animals. I find this picture to be very beautiful. It shows the otters playing and communicating with each other. This picture is also unique because out of the other ten this was the only one selected from the pictures that I took from the outside of glass. I did not think that it would look once the flash hit the glass but it turned out really nice. The only think that I did was change the scene to scenic which made the picture brighter. 
The King Of The Jungle! This image is of the fiercest animal in the jungle, a lion. For this picture I zoomed in, to get closer to the animals face. This is a great shot because he was sitting on top of a hill lying there like he had nothing else to do but watch over everything. He was one of the only animals that did not move or look shy. For this picture I adjusted the lighting and brightness and increased the contrast. The picture is also nice because it looks like it has been colored in by crayon.
The last and final picture for the digital images is of elephants. This picture is very unique because it looks timeless. This photo was edited by simply changing the scenery from its original to sepia. This gave the image its gray color and spotlighted the elephants. This was great for this photo because the walls were gray and another dark color so it took away from the elephants shine. Also the grass was too bright in the picture.
Overall, the digital photos came out really nice. There were many images to choose from but these were the top five. Feel free to comment on anything that you may or may not like about these images. Thanks!
