Assignment 1 : Response to Tutor's report

I found my tutor's feedback on each image and his suggestions of how better to compose a picture through cropping e.g. low / straight / diagonal ; using levels e.g. straight and using slightly increased depth of field were very useful. 
I also found his comments re how to present material for assessment useful as it was very much a stab in the dark this time despite the existing OCA instructions.

As a follow up, I have decided to have a go at the images as suggested to see how the suggestions work. The results are below:

Low

The aim here was to give the original composition a tighter and more focused feel by cropping.

P 139  Original image 

P162 : Cropped version 1

P163 : Cropped version 2

P163 works much better as a composition than the original.

Straight

P 136 : Orignal version

I followed the suggestions here to crop the composition and also try to improve the quality of light, brightness, and colour with a 'levels' adjustment. 

 

P164 : Cropped version

P164 : Cropped version 4  + light adjustment

P164  Is a more tightly cropped version with the light adjusted using Photoshop. The result produces a better image than the original.

P165 : Cropped version 3 + light, brightness and contrast adjustment

In P165 I've adjusted the cropping and also the level of brightness and contrast....think this works better than P164.

Diagonal

The suggestion here was to see whether the composition would work better if cropping were to be used to capture a complete floor at top and bottom :  

P146 : Original version

P175 : Cropped version 1

P176: Cropped version 2

Looking at the cropped versions, I feel that maybe P176 works slightly better for me ..mainly as it repeats the diagonal ...given the angle at which the original image was shot, it proved difficult to crop and straighten the image..