Response to Tutors comments

Assignment 3 - Monochrome

I felt much more relaxed with this assignment, the previous one, which I think I said at the time, I felt like I was looking for a set up that fitted the photographic requirements, rather than taking a picture that I liked which I felt restricting.  I was more at ease with Monochrome.

I did find my selection quite difficult as I liked many of the pictures, which I suppose is a good thing, better to have too many than not enough.  I did include the pictures with people as I was aware that the whole assignment would have been people less, and that may go against me.  If I had been true to myself I don't think these would have been my first choice.  There were others that I preferred and as it is about the sculptures I probably didn't need the people.

Also I did like this picture ... IMG 7329..

but wasn't sure if it showed enough detail, I just lacked a bit of confidence to chose it and dismissed it quite soon.  Now I am going to, happily, use it in place of my second Knife Edge shot.

My second replacement is Figure in a Shelter, still called the same but I have removed the gardener image, replacing with the actual sculpture.  This was on my shortlist and I had liked it but used the gardener to have some human activity.  I liked the shapes of the Figure in a Shelter, there are lots of shades of colour on the sculpture which is very smooth and tactile.  Also there is a lot of variation on the surrounding vegetation.
The second choice I was considering was ..

I liked this because this is a good shape and i liked the brightness of the sculpture against the darkness of the trees.  I made my decision and saved this for another day..

The last photo exchange is for Sheep Piece.  When I took this photo I was trying to get an ironic image of the sheep dominating over the sculpture.  That the sheep took your eye first, however you point out that the sheep and the sculpture are fighting for attention, which I now see.
The replacement was also on my shortlist and I was happy to change and when you now look it is a much more comfortable image.

I have made my changes and am now happy with my Assignment 3, to put forward for assessment.