BigStockPhoto.com - Continued

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This is just a quick update to keep you informed of my progress for this assignment. It has only recently come to my attention that I forgot to inform you of the chosen theme for our photographs, that we collectively decided within our groups. The overall theme that we decided on was 'objects'. We decided that this is a simple idea, but with potentially powerful results. The majority of photographs available on BigStockPhoto.com are objects, whether it be close-ups or further away. People like photographs of definitive objects, and so this seemed like an excellent choice for us to use, granting us the freedom of a wide scope of possibilities.

With regards to the photographs that I took whilst visiting my home town, after some basic post-production work I have decided that I'm probably not going to be submitting the berry/barbed wire photograph to BigStockPhoto. Whilst this is a decent photograph, I came to a decision that it lacks specific clarity and focus. However, the situation is not as conclusive as it seems because I also have a photograph of the barbed wire against the fence, isolated on its own away from the berries. I believe this will provide better clarity, and will be easy to separate the barbed wire from the background if I wish to do so. For the purposes of continuity I have uploaded the now redundant berry/wire photograph post-production. My main aim was to try and bring out the sharpness of the barbed wire (after all you wouldn't want to be touching that) and also enhance the redness and depth of the berries, I achieved this by altering the colour balance.