The picture on the left provides a glimpse of a sweet back tattoo canvassed on one of my human subject research guests from the UK. The tattoo is already at a focal point within the photo, but with some unnecessary clutter. I went ahead and cropped myself out of there. No need for me. I cleared out the background of unrecognizable lab equipment and changed the contrast a little. There were plans to adjust the coloring but, I’ll need a little more experimentation.
“UK Test Subject 1” by David Haggerty
“The Battle From Within” by David Haggerty
Let’s take a closer look at our edited photo located on the right. Within the tattoo, we have three iconic figures, or what some may call the holy trinity, performing an arm wrestling match above the knight. The armored figure isn’t so much the focus here, but rather the heavy weights above him. Upon further examination, you can see two arms thrusting through the earth’s crust, causing volcanic eruptions and plumes of smoke from the kaos.
Hello! This is a great example of how cropping can change the focal point. In the first image, I would have no idea of what you wanted me to focus on because there is so much to look at! There are obviously multiple tattoos, a person at the center, and background noise as well. The cropped image clearly shows that I am to focus on a specific tattoo. The mood of the first photo seems to be more realistic, and the mood of the second comes of as more fantasy-based. I wonder if this is because I read the description and you painted such a colorful description of the image as well, or because the image itself it intense.
Hi! Like what was stated by Megan, there does seem to be a lot going on that I would have never known which tattoo to focus on. Cropping it helped out with that situation and now I could see the detail in the tattoo itself. It is truly a work of art! Do you happen to know what the meaning behind the tattoos were? I would like to find out what was the reasoning for getting them.