The day after montage

through my window
Well, this assignment is really confusing. After the tutorial just now, i had a clearer picture of what is required.

Firstly when i read the assignment outline on the website i was thinking "seriously? 2000pictures?" I thought it is possible even though i wasnt that convinced. So i took the camera out for days to try to get 2000pictures montage but the most i could get was 200pictures of a specific spot and i got really frustrated. Then you have to piece them up in photoshop. And my dearest laptop decided not to cooperate. It crashes quite often because of the huge file size due to 100over pictures i have. In the end, i had to manually piece picture by picture which turn out really huge.

Anyways, for the chosen shot, i titled it "Through my window". I am still shaken over incident that happened over at my area. But everything around the area seems normal, as usual. Nothing changed. I think without the story, no one would understand the purpose of the picture. Also, you can take this shot with just one shot which defeats the purpose of having a montage. Ah! Now i understand... Actually that was what i did. I took one shot of the picture and try to follow it for my montage. One thing i like about the image is the fisheye angle at the bottom, im quite excited that i got it. The edge at the bottom of the image is straight but i arranged it so that it looks fisheye-ed.

Frankly speaking i wasnt enjoying this assignment because i was stressing over the 2000pictures. When i look at my work, i think it has nice composition, but when i cut it out to fit the mounting board, it seems like the picture lost something. But after the tutorial, it is really like an eye opener. Cant wait to get out and reshoot my pictures, hopefully this time i will get it right.

The best work in class would be ivy's transit picture. It portrays the requirements of a montage well with the aeroplanes going across in different sizes and angles and planes.

Peer Review
Effort: 37/40
Execution: 38/40
Creativity: 16/20
Overall: 91/100

Personal Review
Effort: 35/40
Execution: 36/40
Creativity: 16/20
Overall: 87/100

For my work, i would give myself credit for effort but execution, hmm got some problem there since i interpreted the assignment wrongly like some of the classmates. I will do a reshoot and post it up soon. Hopefully i will get some comments and feedback.