Practical Aesthetics for the Art Photographer:
Controlling Emotional Tone

Page 2, version 2.0, ©2004-2005 by Dale Cotton, all rights reserved.

Here are some further examples of images that have been edited to bring out a particular emotional theme:

111-25

Fig 1: 115-25 as seen by eye and captured by camera

Fig 2: 111-25 edited

159-14

Fig 3: 159-14 as seen by eye and captured by camera

Fig 4: 159-14 edited

05-0462

Fig. 5: IMGP0462.PEF as seen by eye and captured by camera

Fig. 6: 05-0462 edited (see here for details)

05-0541

Fig 7: IMGP0541 as seen by eye and captured by camera

Fig 8: 05-0541 edited

Which is the truth: what the eye sees or what the heart feels?