{"id":9615,"date":"2026-01-31T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:33:28","slug":"the-illusion-of-a-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/the-illusion-of-a-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illusion of a Climb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tellus Science Museum Rock Formations<\/em>, 2019, by Kristi Mosac<\/a>, licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the Clouds<\/em>, by Kristi Mosac<\/a>, licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The original photo, on the left, was taken at the Tellus Science Museum<\/a> in Cartersville, GA, in 2019. My husband and I had taken our friend Samantha, pictured, there for her birthday. Outside the museum are large rock formations, as the area lies in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. These are often used for photo spots, and we took many pictures there that day. I chose this one because I wanted to edit the image to look as though she had climbed a mountain or a large hill. The original picture was fine, with Samantha in the top third of the frame, but the parking lot in the background distracted from the focus of the image. By cropping out the parking lot and light poles, the image is once again refocused on her and the beautiful spring day. In addition, this allows the trees and the sky to frame Samantha while using the rule of thirds \u2014 placing her and the tree on the right in one-third of the image, creating the illusion that she was at the top of a climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The original photo, on the left, was taken at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, GA, in 2019. My husband and I had taken our friend Samantha, pictured, there for her birthday. Outside the museum are large rock formations, as...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,2],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-9615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2026","category-student","tag-ml3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9615"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9626,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions\/9626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}