Altered Reality

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Altered Reality

I sometimes notice interesting objects to photograph. Every so often, when I get home and go through the results, I discover that either the photograph is not as interesting as I originally thought, or that it is interesting but poorly photographed. For some reason, I am of the belief that within every photo there exists something of value. I will take the otherwise forgettable photos I have, and play around with them on my computer. In my case, I use Apple Aperture. I will try, at random, some very dramatic changes to colours, exposure, white balance, highlights/shadows, etc. Once in awhile, I will come up with something that really piques my interest; even more than the original photo. If I find it intriguing enough, I will make duplicates of the photo and make a number of changes to each one, so that I will have a set of identical photos which have been distorted differently. I don't know why, but I find this fun... In any case, I have posted a few examples here...