The lighting is coming from above the trees and branches. The way the light falls on the praying mantis makes it look like a shadow.The photo has highlights on the branches and shadows from the leaves. The photo is underexposed but it still looks good because it makes everything look like they are shadows instead. The photo is in focus with the focus on the praying mantis. Fink used shutter speed to capture the animal in a certain position while it was moving. The point of view of this photo is mostly from the bottom.The photograph is balanced because the leaves frame the photo and the praying mantis is in the place where there are no leaves.This photo meets the Rule of Thirds because the praying mantis is not in the center of the image but, more towards the lower left. The focal point of the image is the praying mantis with the light shining behind it.The photograph is neither horizontal or vertical it is square. WIth the framing of the photo you can see the leaves as the foreground the praying mantis as the middleground and the branches as the background. The texture in the photo is from the many leaves and branches. There is also positive and negative space between the branches. The movement of the photograph is from the leaves in the lower left corner to the praying mantis to the other leaves that brings you back to the branches then back again to the leaves on the left. The subject of the photo is the praying mantis. The praying mantis seems to have been moving before the moment was captured. The mood of the photograph is serene and calm. Larry Fink is trying to convey a sense of peace within the image. He is doing this by having the light come from behind his subject and surrounding the border of the images in black and white. |