Color!

Writing Assignment #1

This picture immediately grabs my attention because of the bold shape of the elephants and the bright color of the setting sun. The image, to me, also emits a sense of freedom because of the wide open area around the subjects. For the past five years, I have wanted to travel to Africa.  I have a dream of helping out the children at an orphanage, taking a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti Plains and going on a safari through Ngorongoro Crater. For me, traveling to Africa would be an adventure to discover a new world and simultaneously bring about serenity of everything being in its natural place. 

Composition

1. Shape, converging lines, curvilinear lines: shutter speed 1/15, aperture 5.6   2. Rule of thirds, shape, symmetrical balance: Shutter speed 1/1250, aperture 5.6   3. Curvilinear lines, closed frame: Shutter speed 1/6, aperture 5.6   4. Shape, closed frame: shutter speed 1/5, aperture 5.6,   5. Shape, Vertical format, alternate point of view: Shutter speed 1/2500, Aperture 5.6   6. Rule of thirds, Asymmetrical balance, shape: Shutter speed 1/1600, aperture 5.6   7. Converging lines, curvilinear lines, shape: Shutter speed 1/1600, Aperture 5.6   8. Closed frame, vertical format: Shutter speed 1/800, Aperture 5.6       9.Asymmetrical Balance, Shape: Shutter speed 1/2500, aperture 5.6   10. Stopped motion, atmospheric perspective: Shutter Speed 1/1250, Aperture 5.6