I chose this picture because the tree just drew me in. I can see myself sitting in one of the bends of the branches with a book just spending the entire day reading and taking in the peace that seems to surround the area. The knots in the branches show that not all is easy there on Martha’s Vineyard and the weather can be brutal but that the strong can survive. Siskind used a large format camera to take the photograph and then developed it using gelatin silver.…
Although each tree is independent and slightly different, it still shows the plain and bareness of the environment. Noticing that the landscape only consists of trees, it may represent disconnection to civilisation. Furthermore, this technique allows the reader’s to visualise the limitless space of the typical Australian bush.…
To be able to have a complete great photograph you need great composition. You can’t have too much happening at once and you need to frame the photo perfectly. The photos “Gates of the Valley,” "Oak Tree, Snowstorm,” and “Bridalveil Fall” have been composed astonishing well. ”Gates of the Valley guides your eyes to the center of the image by using one simple branch and a small tree behind it curving towards the center of the image. Although the center is mostly white and slightly grey clouds your eyes move towards the left concentrating on the looming mountain behind because of the contrast between the white clouds.…
The Cypress Trees working to carry the sweet smell across the bay are themselves an image of beauty, each one sculpted to perfection, their strong limbs reaching wide providing shelter form the hot noon time sun. Working together these strong limbs form a great canopy just right for napping as you stretch out on a bench to take in the wonders of all around. You feel safe and protected from the wind, the sun, and the sea.…
Initially, she recollects upon her personal experience, painting for her readers a picture of the way a child views nature, magical, intense, and adventurous. By doing this she connects her reader to herself and to nature, allowing them to empathize with the environment, seeing its joy, feeling its pain, and finding its beauty.…
The Sense of belonging is again brought up for characters through the use of imagery. “free from public taunt… tongues in trees, … sermons in stones”. Through this imagery we see the forest as a place “free from public taunt” where the characters can learn better values from the forest. The forest is personified as a teacher with “tongues in trees” and “sermons in stones”, the end of this line “and good in everything” is used to…
In the artwork The Immaculate Conception (Figure 1) painted by Antonio de Palomino y Velasco, the viewer is immediately drawn towards the most prominent figure in the painting. The features of Palomino’s work all direct the viewer towards the illuminated woman and the bird flying overhead in the center of the canvas. This painting utilizes creative elements such as perspective, lighting and colors, and shapes to accentuate the significance of the central characters in the foreground of the artwork.…
(Indaba, 2011) The trees are large and fill the entire space creating a fairy-tale like world in a dilapidated small room. The plastic creation does not give a realistic interpretation of what a cherry blossom grove may look like but rather evoke the feeling of being there amidst the beauty. The piece reminds me of a stage set, you can almost imagine some of the fairies from A Midsummers Night Dream frolicking around amongst the plastic tubing. The ambience of what could be perceived as a decaying room with crumbling walls and cracked concrete flooring room changes with the billowing and bending trunks and canopying blossoms that leave beautiful dappled shadows on the…
Cultures have used trees to symbolize the center of the world and the roots each culture has. In Norse creation, the Ash tree contributes to the creation of human beings and protects them from harm. “But the most important thing upon the planet then, was the wonderful giant World Ash tree whose branches reached the…
Throughout the entire performance the dancers’ are surrounded by a line of haunting tree branches which provide physical as well as visual boundaries to the space and depict an ‘enclosed garden’.…
In nature, the oaks hold their own well in competition with the other trees. The oak is a large tree growing to heights of thirty-five to one hundred feet tall. Their leaves are of the most dramatic in shape, which are described as being pinnately veined and pinnately lobed. Meaning the main vein runs through the leaf to its tip and smaller veins branch out, also having deep wavy outline indentations which extend half way or more to the midrib, giving it a hand-like feature. In contrast, the American elm is also a large tree that grows to a height of forty to ninety feet tall and has a simple, short oval shaped leaf that is saw-toothed and lopsided at the base. The trunk of both trees is described as being similar in most ways, thick and covered with furrowed gray bark. The trunks grow lateral with broad branches opening up into a beautiful crown. In time, these dome-headed trees will spread its branches needing a lot of growing space for the canopy. The beauty of the oak tree gives way as it sways in a gentle breeze and flutters its leaves as if waving a happy welcome to anyone who may pass. The elm tree swaying in the same breeze illustrates a simple flat wave.…
Texting while driving has become a growing trend to many young adults and has also become one of the country’s top killers. AT&T has provided many commercials to relay the message that texting while driving is dangerous. The new traumatic texting while driving commercials have had greater effects on its audience now more than ever. This specific commercial provides you with a heartfelt story of a dreary man, Chandler, who is placed in a small grey room enhancing the idea of sadness and death. His monotone voice brings the mood down as he talks about killing three children while texting the words “I love you” while driving. This commercial’s appeal to persuade the audience with his remorseful story tugs on their heartstrings and draws people in making these commercials so effective.…
The next reason is hidden in the fact that in ancient times, people believed that a man and a tree are similar to communicating vessels. Everything that happens to one affects the other. Therefore, the tree could be a friend, “twin brother” of a man: it “soaks up” and reflects a person’s soul, everything good and bad, and even everything unknown about the man. Thus, I would like to be a tree that can help people to follow a proper way in the life because, being a twin brother to a man it is possible to show the right way to both spiritual and moral development, reflecting a person’s thoughts, ideas and desires as well as showing the development of human soul.…
My mandala has a picture of a huge crooked tree, it represents my life and how I’ve grown. The branches are the lessons I learn from the obstacles I get through each day of my life, for each obstacle I grow a branch; I learn something new every day. On the trunk of the tree is an arrow, representing the scar I have on my leg. It doesn’t really have a story behind it but people stare and ask about it all the time, wondering why it’s there. The tree is crooked because it refuses to be pushed to the ground by society and no matter how crooked the tree is, it is still a tree. Just like people, no matter what you look like or how different you think you are, you are still a person living on the same world, breathing the same air, and drinking the same water.…
The first thing which pops out to you in plain sight in this photograph is the dead trees in the middle of a silent, still and lifeless pond. Apparently Lefqvist lost something or someone and this symbolizes this time in his life. By looking at this setting with the pond and dead trees a person begins to feel his sorrow.…