Control Factors: Photos taken mid-day, around 11am. Cloudy.
My destination was the Durfee Conservatory and Garden on the UMass Amherst campus. I began by walking towards the side of the conservatory facing the library. This side contained an entrance with the “Durfee Conservatory” “Visitors Welcome” brown sign and a small garden with benches and trees in front. The door was labeled “Durfee Conservatory”. I walked through this door and closed the door behind me, as to not allow cold air to enter the building.
As I entered, I was in a room filled with many plants, primarily various tree species. Looking directly forward, there was a small stone path leading forward towards a green door. There were clusters of trees and vines on either side, about four trees in a row to my left. I walked forward on the stone path until I was in line with the last tree on my left. The base of this tree contained the largest amount of vines. There was also a label on the tree that said “Sweet Olive”.
I turned left to face this tree. For the first picture (P1) I focused on the vines. There were several species of vines wound around the base of the tree trunk, but my photo focused on the upper vines closest to the center of the tree. More specifically, focused on the strand of ivy vines with a slightly lighter green color than the ones around it (about two feet below the label). I walked closer towards the tree and held my phone about a foot away from the base of the tree, facing the camera slightly downwards towards these vines and took a picture.
The second picture (P2) focused on the tree. I stood about four feet away from the tree. This time I stood closer to the green door so I was at an angle looking at the tree. I held my camera so that the entire tree was in the frame, with only a small fragment of the vines included in the shot. I took the picture.
The third picture (P3) was of the two species together. For this I took two more steps back from the second photo so that my back almost touched the wall. When I held my camera I made sure to include the entire tree and as much of the vines as I could. I took the picture, and left the conservatory.
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