I took these and several other pictures on September 13th, 2008, the day after Hurricane Ike hit Houston to capture the damages in my apartment complex. It was around 2:00pm and the weather was very gloomy but the fact that there was almost no wind after such a hurricane was surprising to me. I did not use any special settings in my camera but just left the auto flash on. I did not like how the first picture came out which show the blown shingles from the roofbecause it is not very clear. I'm not sure whether my hand shook or I should have chosen a different setting.
This picture shows how the fake grass carpet rolle like a ball into the corner and how the plants were damaged. What effected me was that the flower on the right corner had still its red petals on it. It totally surprised me that such a tiny flower survived the hurricane.
Anyone looking at this picture might think a strong wind is blowing at the time because of the leaves on the ground and the collepsed garage roof. However, the weather was so still. This made me realize that pictures can fool us and we need to look at photos free of preconcieved perceptions. Hope we will never have a hurricane like that again!
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These pictures are pretty good. The first one is a little bit out of focus, but the other two are much better. And the aftermath of Hurricane Ike provides some very dramatic images. These images might also benefit from some editing, including cropping, straightening, and adjusting the brightness. But overall, you did a very good job on this assignment.
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