Garret Foster Topic 1 Recipes 1

The smartphone I use is a Verizon LG Lucid 2 4G LTE. The Os is Android 4.1. These are the camera specs: Resolution: 5+ megapixel, auto-focus, LED flash/ Time Catch, face tracking, panorama, HDR, scene modes, ISO control, and timer. For all of these pictures, I used the apps Photo Editor Pro and Snapseed. Photo Editor Pro has very good enhancement and filter effects. Also, the focus effect allows for a very shallow depth of field. Unfortunately, the app is overrun with advertisements to the point that it's inconvenient. Also, it has no "save to phone" feature, so I would have to share the photos via messaging and text it to myself to load it into Snapseed. 

For my POW, I first put the photo into the app Photo Editor Pro. I used the feature "Enhance: Illuminate" then "Effects: Clyde." Then I put the photo into Snapseed. I used the the "Black & White" feature with these adjustments: "Brightness: -50" and "Contrast: +10." Then I added the "Tilt Shift" effect (to make every thing but the gears in the foreground out of focus) with these adjustments: "Tilt Shift: +50" with "Blur Strength: +100."

This was my second highest voted photo. For this picture, I first put it into the Photo Editor Pro app. I applied the features "Enhance: HD" and "Effects: Clyde." I then added the "Focus" effect and selected the "Rectangle Shape" option and made it so the carving on the tree was in focus, the line between the tree and the background was the transition point from focus to out of focus, and the background was out of focus. Then I put the photo into Snapseed. I used the "Black & White" feature with these adjustments: "Brightness: -47" and "Contrast: +45."

This was my third highest voted photo. For this picture, I first put it into Photo Editor Pro. I applied the feature "Enhance: HD." Then I put the photo into Snapseed. I used the "Black & White" feature with these adjustments: "Brightness: -44" and "Contrast: +5." Then I used the "Straighten" feature and adjusted the picture like so: "Straighten: +1.69 degrees."