Exhibit 7

Background: I recently did some photography practice with bees as I appreciate their pollinating role and find them an interesting subject. I really liked this photo of a bee in flight and wanted to highlight the bee and the beautiful flowers by placing it on a black and white background.

Design:

• Contrast: The bright colors of the bee and flower contrast the slightly darker black and white background. The purple and yellow colors naturally contrast.

• Repetition: As I did not create the elements, no particular repetition was included.

• Alignment: The bee is positioned in the upper left side of the photo, following the rule of thirds.

• Proximity: With the cropping, the bee and the flower are close together with limited other elements in the photo.

• Color: The colors were drawn from the original photo with some enhancement. The purple and yellow colors naturally contrast.

Photoshop:

• Copy layer.

• Object selection tool, quick selection tool, select and mask, refine edge tool, color decontamination, output to new layer and mask.

• Adjustment layers: levels, curves, vibrance, hue and saturation, brightness/contrast.

• Camera raw black and white filter.

• Clipping layers.

• Grouping layers.

Credits: Photo credits: Emilee Packer.

Revisions:

This design was originally determined to be profession. I chose to make no revisions. Some peer comments included adjusting the hue and brightness to make the flower "pop" more. I decided to not make changes to preserve natural features of the flower as it is a lighter color.