P8: Creative Filter

Title: Painted Petals
Tags: flower, nature, plants, crosshatch
Reflection: I selected this photograph for Project 8. It meets the requirements for this assignment in that it was edited using a creative filter. For this photo, I selected the crosshatch effect from the brush strokes menu in Photoshop. I thought that the flowers in the original photo looked like they were painted, so I chose an effect which would enhance that look and create the effect of a painting.

I valued this assignment because it forced me to explore the many filters available in Photoshop. I could not believe the many options available! It is amazing how much a filter can change a photograph. I look forward to exploring filters more with future photographs. If retaking this original photograph, I would try to zoom in even more on the flower. However, I am not sure that my current lens would allow this. Until I can purchase a stronger zoom lens, Photoshop will have to do for zooming in closer. Using it, I was able to create this beautiful photograph. I think I did a nice job using the rule of thirds in the edited photograph.

At first, I had trouble thinking of ways this photograph could be used in my kindergarten classroom. I was thinking too much! Young children can always benefit from vocabulary building, and a picture’s worth a thousand words! We could discuss the picture. I could ask questions such as, “What do you see?” Or “Have you ever seen a flower like this? Where were you?” I could use this photograph to teach my students the parts of a flower. We could compare/contrast the original shot and the one with the filter applied. I could even use photographs such as this to teach my students their colors. They would love it!