Monday, September 5, 2016

Contrast, Balance, Harmony




   This was a photo taken a couple of years ago at the Salt Lake City Temple. I love this photo because it brings back memories of building tree houses growing up. I remember looking up at this tree through the view finder wishing that I could have had a tree like this in my yard as a kid

    We can see the evidence of the contrast and texture just looking at the bark of the tree. The shaded areas of the branches compared to the light hitting the leaves creating a more lime green color also creates some contrast.

    The balance I believe is shown through the color. You could go through and pick out the different shades of green, but in the whole spectrum of color you could almost say that this photo stayed in one genre of color. The certain shades of green and their saturation show that this tree is a live and therefor giving a positive energy. If this tree were dead it would give a more negative or maybe a feeling of content.

   Balance is shown in the  branches, and because of the size, the amount, and which directions they are going in has been able to pull of some sort of balance. Also how the green leaves are able to fill in any space that might be available gives it balance, compared if this photo had no leaves or branches on the left side of the trunk and ,again with the size, almost make one think that it could fall over.



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