Referencing the picture above entitled “Wrong!” Can a ‘bad’ picture ever be ‘great’? – How important is context in photography?

The picture “Wrong!” present a photo with only black and white colors. The main structure inside the picture was a person standing beside the road, in front of the tall palm tree, on the back of the person was a blurry house with some trees surrounding around.

Throughout the whole picture, there are some ‘errors’ inside the picture that made the photo unable to understand. First, the only person that appears inside the picture was standing just in front of the palm tree which made it portrays a weird scene that the palm tree ‘grows’ on top of the person. Another ‘error’ that shows inside the picture was the blurry background, which was cause by the whole color tone of the picture. The background of the picture shows mainly darker colors instead of lighter colors, this unified the background colors, which made it blurry and hard to identify the details. The last ‘error’ that appeared inside the picture was the unequal space organization, the unequal space organize shows a unbalance picture, this had lead out a view that some part of the photo was too empty and made the photo monotonous.

From the scene that the picture presents, the person standing alone in front of the tree evokes a feelings of loneliness and disconnect, the unique color tone of black and white shows the a old texture of the photo, which explains the time of the picture. This photo influence my appreciation by showing various errors and the irregular style, which helps me to understand the feeling of ‘not being restrained.’

Eventually, talking back to the question, I believe that a ‘bad’ picture can be great by using specific techniques, such as editing the ratio of the whole picture and using the filters to change the overall color. These techniques can help to revise the picture by changing the view of the picture, which can help emphasize the key points.