I wanted to emphasize the fuzzy texture of the hat, so I placed it under a florescent light while taking the photograph. The contrast between the bright highlights and darker shadows helped to bring out the texture even more. When editing the image in photoshop, I adjusted the saturation levels to increase the purple color and additionally added an unsharp mask to emphasize texture.
The flash on my phone created an interesting vignette on the hat; some parts were in shadow and some weren't. I decided to photograph the hat upside-down so the viewer's eye would travel from the bold white-against-black text down to the fuzzy blue bobble. In photoshop, I changed the color balance so there was more cyan than magenta in the picture.
I intentionally placed the subject in the bottom panel of the photograph so that the jewels and feathers would be the first place the viewer's eye would travel to. The exposure was slightly off when I first took the picture, but I tried to counteract that in photoshop by adjusting the levels and the exposure. The background was still overexposed, however, I loved the striking detail of the netting and feathers in the hat.
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