This week’s prompt was aging. I chose to photograph this old mural I found. The happy animals with bright colors remind me of childhood, but it’s very chipped and warn down. You can tell it’s been there for a long time, and the people who were children when it was painted have probably grown up. This mural had a sort of bittersweet and nostalgic feel, and I think it fits this prompt perfectly.
It was a bit hard to photograph something 2D like this, and I’m not entirely happy with the result but I still think it looks cool. I used rule of thirds to balance the bunny and cat, showing just a bit of the rainbow at the top and the flowers at the bottom. The photo was a bit dark when I took it so I did turn up the exposure in Photoshop, but I chose to leave it a little dim since I think it adds to the feeling.
