As you can see, both these pictures represent that same scene. The one on the right is the original picture that was taken from the Internet; it represents the Buildings of the Parliament in London, and more specifically the Big Ben. The image on left is a manipulation of the original image, it was created through photoshop. Mainly, what happend on the altered picture was that it became a way more dramatic scene. I decided to play with the weather of this picture, because London is a place that is gloomy for the most part and I wanted to give the image a dramatic modification in the clouds as well as I wanted to make it rain. The rain that was inserted after many trials, gives this image some sort of uniqueness and it also makes it seem real. My purpose in this project was to maintain a realistic image through a picture that definitely lies. Also I played a little with the tones of the picture to make the clouds darker in some areas, the rain was also slanted so it can go in the direction of the clouds (this was to avoid a straight fall of the water). Another effect that I wanted to show was to give the viewer a sense that there was a little bit of sunlight somewhere behind the clouds. This is noticeable through the delicate light that falls on the Big Ben.

In the article I read of Yon Marsh, it says that photography has been manipulated ever since it existed. And now, with technology, pictures have lost their proof value. Since it is possible to manipulate images as much as desired, photos do not serve to prove something, they are not reliable documents. If the manipulated picture shown above was shown alone, people would actually think that the photograpgh was taken on a rainy day in London. And if I did not mention which photograpgh was the original one, people would be confused in determining the manipulated one.

In this case, the alterations produced do not cause harm to the public as pictures that show people involved. For instance when people see pictures of models, they may become psychologically affected.

Sources

Marsh, Yon. "The Changing Flux in the Photograpgh at the Precipice of Change: The Phototrix and the Death of the Photogragh." Journal of Media Practice 10.2 (2009): 267-272. Web. 3 Apr 2011.