30 October 2009

The Leaves Change



My class was given about three weeks to complete this assignment. And when we all handed in our posters, it was clear who did the project in advance, and who waited until the last minute. The students who started right away had beautiful green leaves in their images, while those who waited had leaves that were clearly changing with the season.

The point of the project was to learn how to use the scanners as cameras. You can take an 8x10 image of something at 1200 dpi, which allows for greater room to enlarge the final image. This poster is originally 16x20 (inches), and that large leaf on the left side takes up at least half of the overall poster... and it doesn't have a hint of grain.

The only criticism I received on the poster was the stylization of the in-situ photograph of the leaves. (I'm also aware that this has the incorrect species...)

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