Monday, July 30, 2012

Week 3 EOC: National Geographic Photo Critique


Unexplored places always provide a sense of wonder.  Images such as this show that nature is full of surprises and can make quite the masterpiece.  This image portrays a place in which I would have never imagined.  This image is beautiful in many ways, the first being the color. The image, being monochromatic, stood out to me because the majority of all other images had amazing color.  For a change it was nice to see something that wasn’t just amazing color and contrast.  While those images are beautiful, they don’t evoke what this image does.  The depressed shutter to catch some motion of the waterfall is always an added touch to bring everything to life.  The highlights in the back of the image on the black rocks help to lead the eye to the waterfall which then takes it through the rest of the photograph.  One thing that stands out to me is the shape of the rocks in the back., and also how they seem to step out the higher you get.  This is something astonishing, something in which we see in nature but nothing to this extent.  Everything this image says to me is such a mystery.  Are all the rocks on the bottom of the photo from the rocks cascading down the sides?  With how the light is coming through, is the light source a hole in the ceiling and this is actually a cave? Without delving deeper into the photo most will never know, but one thing is for sure, it will keep your mind asking for more just to get those unanswered questions.

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