I found this picture at http://photgraphy.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/bathing-parrot/

This photograph was taken on April 9, 2010 by Cesar Badilla



I really like animals and nature, so this picture stood out to me. I like this photograph because of the colors. I really like the green, blue and orange and yellow. To me, this picture is funny; when i looked at it, it made me laugh. I love the way the bird is just taking a bath in this cup. This picture looks really fun and exciting to me. The bird is splashing around in the cup and it looks like it is happy. The dropplets of water look as if they are frozen in the air. You can see the water flying off the feathers of the parrot so clearly. I really like the detail, each feather that you can see and all the water everywhere. I really like the way the bird stands out so much. I like this picture becuase of the colors and the excitement it brings!
The lighting in this picture seems to be artificial lighting. It may also have some natural lighting. The lighting is just subtle, it does not put emphasis on a certain part of the photograph. The picture is lit up brightly, but pretty evenly.
The photographer used the element of color very well in this picture. The colors are so bright and catch your eye. There are greens, blues and yellow and orange. All the colors were used very nicely in this piece. This photographer also used texture very well. The feathers on the bird are so clear that it looks like you can feel it. The water is also so clear and perfect that you can seem to feel that too. The photographer did a good job using emphasis, emphasizing the parrot, with the arch of water around the parrot and the light background.
I feel that the photographer was trying to communicate a sense of fun and excitement and a little humor. This picture is fun with the bird bathing in the cup, it is exciting because of all the colors and it is funny because of the way the parrot is in the cup. I think that the photographer did a good job communicating this.

I found this photograph at http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/manatee-and-fish/

This photograph was taken by Yusuke Okada on January 11, 2010



I really like this photograph because I thought it was really cool that the fish were on the back of the manatee and how they are eating off of him. I think it is incredible to see how nature works, and how things happen like that in the ocean. I really like the colorful school of fish and the way the manatee looks so gentle. I love how detailed the photograph is; you can see the wrinkles on the manatee's nose and his whiskers. I really like that this picture is underwater and that the water is so clear and blue. I think this picture is really beautiful becuase of the way the sunlight is beaming down right over the manatee. This picture makes me feel so free and happy when I look at the colors and the way the manatee and fish get along.
The lighting used in this photograph is natural lighting. There is a dramatic beam of sunlight that is shining through the water right above the manatee and fish lighting them up. The sunlight shines around the whole photograph, but the ray of light is coming from the upper left corner, and it leads your eye right to the fish that frame the manatee.
The photographer used the element of color. The bright blues gave a warm temperature. This photographer also used texture because when i look at the picture it seems as if i can reach out and feel the scales on the fish and the wrinkles on the manatee's nose because of all the detail that creates a sense of texture. The photographer made a great sense of unity in this photograph becuase it seems like the fish and the manatee belong together. The emphasis is on the manatee in the middle of the picture. This emphasis was created by the frame the fish made around the manatee and the ray of sunlight that lead right to the manatee.
I feel that the photographer is trying to communitcate the gentleness of the manatee and how nature fits together; the fish are on the manatee's back eating the moss off of him, and he seems content and natural. I feel that the photographer was trying to create this feeling of unity and freedom in the ocean by doing this. I think that this theme of freedom and unity is communicated very clearly.

(1) Value contrast is when dark objects stand out agianst a light background, or light objects stand out agianst a dark background. this shows value contrast because the light objects stand out against the dark background. The vegetable is white and the backgrond is dark so the object is the focus.

(5)Framing is when a shape is put around a subject to create a frame. This shows framing becuase the arches create a frame around the landscape outside. Your eye is drawn to the view outside
because the arches set up a frame for it.

I found this photo at: http://blog.jalbum.net/blog/jalbum/resources/tips/compositional.jpg

(4)Leading lines is when lines lead your eye to a certain point. They can be boundary lines or the illusion of lines, actual lines, ect. The lines in this picture are actual lines. This picture shows leading lines becuse the lines move your eye to a certain point. All lines come together and are leading to the same place. The bars on the side of this tower lead upward to the top of the tower.
I found this phtograph at: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/374142901ee6fd5f502.jpg

(3)The rule of thirds means that a piece can be broken inot three equal parts both horizontally and vertically. This can create points of power becuase important objects can fall on intersections or along line os the grid. This shows the rule of third's points of power becuase when the picture is broken into thirds horizontally and vertically the tree is along a line and on the intersection of lines, so it is a point of power in this photograph.

i found this picture at: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdnsmash/images/divine-proportion/thirds.gif

(2)The rule of third's proportion means that the picture is two parts one thing and one part
another, so that picture is a two to one ratio. This photograph shows the rule of third's proportion because once it is broken into thirds horizontally, the water takes up one third and the sky takes up the other two thirds, so the picture becomes one part water and two parts sky.
Then when you break the photograph into thirds vertically, the statue of liberty takes up one third and the background takes up the other two thirds.

I found this picture at : http://rosettasister.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/statue-of-liberty-sunset.jpg