The document discusses the strengths and weaknesses of four photos taken for a gardening leaflet. Each photo had good elements but also issues that could be improved. When compared to a professional photo, the author's photos lacked focus and detail and looked overly bright. While not suitable for major magazines, the photos would work for a local gardening center's leaflet due to their bright colors that would attract attention.

1. Photography
strength
&
weaknesses
I
took
pictures
of
various
flowers
for
a
gardening
leaflet,
and
the
four
best
pictures
were
already
the
most
colourful
of
the
photos.
The
first
photo
had
great
composition,
as
the
flowers
in
the
background
arched
away
from
the
focus
flower
and
the
colour
were
complimented
greatly
by
the
green.
When
I
edited
it
I
made
the
colours
stand
out
more
and
it
looked
really
good,
but
the
building
in
the
background
ruins
the
photo
by
being
very
out
of
place
in
the
image
and
the
lens
flare
ruins
the
photo
because
it
doesn’t
fit
into
the
image
and
looks
like
it
was
forced
in.
The
second
photo
at
first
was
pretty
bad,
as
the
main
subject
was
in
the
centre
of
the
photo
and
there
was
a
lot
of
negative
space.
But
I
cropped
it
so
that
the
flower
is
in
the
rule
of
thirds,
and
changed
the
curves
to
make
the
flowers
stand
out
much
more
than
the
green
and
the
detail
in
the
flower
is
easily.
But,
the
green
seems
too
dark,
and
the
grass
looks
weirdly
red
and
the
shadows
look
to
out
of
place
for
the
image.
The
third
photo
had
great
lighting
and
it
cast
really
good
shadows,
and
the
flowers
looked
great
with
the
light
shining
on
them.
I
messed
around
with
the
exposure
and
made
the
light
shadows
work
even
better,
but
the
light
bleached
the
plants
and
it
looked
really
uncanny,
but
the
bee
on
the
flower
looks
really
good
on
the
flower,
redeeming
parts
if
the
photo.
The
shadows
and
the
light
on
the
leaves
looked
much
better
then
the
flowers.
The
fourth
photo
had
varied
colours
and
the
flowers
worked
well
with
each
other,
when
I
edited
the
photo,
I
made
the
green
brighter
to
make
the
overall
photo
much
more
colourful.
But
the
image
looks
blurred
on
the
flowers
and
the
yellow
flowers
seem
unnaturally
bright
and
seem
a
bit
out
of
place.

2. Professional
comparison
When
my
photos
are
compared
to
the
photo
below,
you
can
see
that
there
is
no
real
focus
in
any
of
the
photos,
showing
almost
no
detail,
and
that
they
look
artificial
with
how
bright
they
are.
The
image
uses
the
right
adjustments
to
make
the
colour
work
really
well
and
contrasting
colours
work
really
well
with
each
other,
the
contrasting
colours
in
some
of
my
photos
works
better
then
other
photos.
Fitness
for
purpose
My
photos
would
work
well
in
a
small
gardening
leaflet
for
a
local
gardening
centre
or
any
small
local
events,
but
it
wouldn’t
work
for
well
known
gardening
magazines
or
high
tier
gardening
websites
as
most
of
the
images
look
too
artificial,
too
saturated,
could
be
hard
to
look
at
and
that
the
cropping
doesn’t
look
like
it
would
work
in
any
big
magazines
as
it’s
focus
on
the
main
subject
and
might
be
a
bit
confusing
to
look
at
because
it
not
focused
on
anything
in
particular,
it
might
be
boring
look
at
because
of
the
negative
space.
But
it
would
work
for
a
local
leaflet,
as
people
would
think
colourful
and
stands
out
and
would
make
people
more
likely
to
visit
the
store.