Written Statement

The window is starting to be obscured by the ivy. The window serves as a portal of sorts - almost as if you were to go through it you would enter Alice's Wonderland. Or your own Wonderland. The window is the only serious highlight; it becomes a clear emphasis of the picture, in addition to being in the center of the composition.

The plant is growing next to the wall. I would imagine if I were to pan out to see more, I would see a cute little house that has plants growing all around the side of the house. There are no strong contrasts, but there are extreme darks and subtle lights. There is an asymmetrical balance with the taller plant growing above the rest.

The reflection is underlaid by concrete, giving a strange look. It has the feeling of a painting with the texture of the concrete coming through the glass. I'm not sure what kind of feeling I get from this photo - a sort of feeling of uncertainty and calm. I burned and dodged the pipes and myself so that there was more depth to the photo instead of a lot of gray area.

The legs of the ostrich are strange. They're so prehistoric looking - just two toes to balance 6 feet tall of feathers. One would look at this photo and they would wonder what kind of animal that these legs belong to. I took this photo at the zoo when I went with my drawing class. I increased the contrast so that the texture on the legs and leaves were very clear.

In all of these photos, the only one with a symmetrical balance is the first image; the rest are asymmetrical. There is a range of varying contrasts among all of them as well.