I found this photograph at nationalgeographic.com -

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/celebes-sea-fishing/

This photograph was taken by Liang Huan Chuan on January 29, 2010

I like this photograph becuase of it's composition. I like the houses that are actually built in the ocean. The houses are on stilts, sticking right out of the water with clothes hanging on the lines like it is just a normal home. I think it is really cool because it is so different. I also like how the mother and the child are fishing in their wooden boat, right next to their home. The water is so blue and clear and it would be such a beautiful place to live. I have never seen anything like this before, I didn't know there were even homes built in the ocean so this picture really stood out to me. I really like the clear blue of the water and the blue in the sky. This picture is so beautiful and so different from our culture and that is why i really like this picture.

The lighting in this photograph is natural lighting. The sun is shining down on the people in their boat and shining on the clear ocean water making it bright blue. The lighting is subtle, it does not create emphasis on any certian part of the photograph, the sun is equally shining throughout the photo.

The photographer used the element of color. The photograph is filled with all different shades of blue. There is bright blue in the water and also darker blue in the water, a light blue in the sky and the mother has on a dark blue shirt. The element of Pattern; all the similar houses lined up in the water create sort of a pattern. The photographer put the emphasis on the mother and her son in their wooden boat. They are the only humans you can see in the photograph and the mother is helping her son with something and the focus is on them.

I think that the photographer was trying to capture what life is like in another part of the world. He was trying to show different cultures and ways of life. This picture is so beautiful because of the ocean and the blues, and I think the photographer was trying to communicate this sense of beauty and peace. I feel that the photographer clearly communicated this sense of beauty and peace throughout the photograph.

This photograph is an example of Rule of Thirds. The photograph is broken into three equal parts vertically and horizontally. Horizontally, the composition is then one part water and two parts trees.

This photograph represts framing. In this photograph the dog door creates a frame around the dog. There is a shape around the subject, which creates emphasis on it.

This photograph is an example of leading lines. Leading lines uses lines to move your eye to a certain point. In this photograph the lines are created in the shadows and also where the edge of the bridge meets the bottom of the bridge. There are also lines on the bridge itself that lead to a point and create emphasis. The lines in this picture lead to the end of the brige.

This photograph is an example of the Rule of Third's, Point of power. The Rule of Third's points of power says that when a peice is broken into thirds both horizontally and vertically the intersection of the lines create a point of power or the objects on the lines themselves. In this photograph the bird is on the intersection of the lines, which creates a point of power. Also the water is in one third, the cat - tails in another third, and the background trees in the other third.

This photograph is an example of value contrast, which says that when dark objects stand out on a light background or light objects stand out against a dark background it creates a value contrast. In this photograph the light flowers on the trees stand out against the dark background creating value contrast.

This photograph is an example of depth perception. This photograph creates the illusion that the 'big' person is holding the' little' person with her fingers. This illusion is created by placing the 'little' person further behind the 'big' person. Then the photograph is taken so that both people are on the same level; this creates the illusion that the 'big' person is picking up the 'little' person.