Pictured above I have the original image (on the left), and the edited version (on the right). I was actually walking to my car on 15th street when I saw this abandoned phone booth with garbage stuffed inside it. I walk this route every day to and from class but it was my first time actually noticing it. I bent down slightly and took this photo at a slight angle so it would not be directly straight. I took this photo on my iphone 5 that runs on ios7.
My original picture was a bit blurry so I knew I needed to edit it. All my editing was done on the application Afterlight. At first, I increased the clarity of the image to bring out the graffiti and texture of the garbage. I then also increased the brightness and saturation to bring out the contrasting colors inside of the pay phone. Lastly, I added the filter "captain" under original filters.
I felt that the editing was necessary to make the image more bright, colorful, and visually appealing. I shot this photo on an overcast day and I did not have that much natural lighting to work with. We were supposed to shoot images that had color and passion and that is why I blew out the colors and added so much brightness. Typically one wouldn't think a dysfunctional pay phone that hasn't been used in years has much passion, but I tried to bring it back to life like it once had.
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