Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Diptych #5

The fifth diptych is of frozen yogurt I had at Coco Swirl in downtown Pleasant Hill. I wanted to capture the vividness and richness of the luscious red berries, hence the top picture of the full cup. To go along with the overflowing cup of yogurt and berries, I thought a photo of it half-eaten with fewer berries would be a nice addition of time passing - representing that everything changes, nothing stays in its original form. Though I like the subject and composition of these photos, I don't like the discoloration in the whites of the two photos. In the test strip I made before finalizing and printing, the discoloration wasn't apparent, though in the final print it was. The whites in the top photo are slightly too red, and the whites in the bottom photo are slightly too yellow. In addition to the issues with discoloration, the photos are also slightly out of focus, but there really isn't much one can do to change that after the photo is taken.