Blog Post #5

1. Where did you find the photo? http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/cuban-tree-frog-pod-best09/
   
2. Who is the photographer? James Snyder
   
3. When was the photo taken? December 9, 2009
   
4. What did you like about the photograph? This should be about a paragraph. What I really life about this photograph is that it takes a small frog comparing to the lights wrapped around the bark or what seems like a tree. I also enjoy the humor in this photo because the frog swallowed the light and there is a red beam of light through the frog's body. I also like the colors in this because the bark and the frog are very earthy tones of green and brown, yet there are bright colors like red and yellow-white.
   
5. What kind of lighting was used? Natural or artificial, high or low contrast, dramatic or subtle. There is both natural and artificial lighting. Artificial lighting being the lights wrapped around the bark. There is some low and high contrast. Low contrast is the frog's head and legs to the bark. High contrast is the cord of the lights and the lights to the bark and the black sky behind it. Also, high contrast is the bright red light inside the frog to the frog itself and the bark. This picture is pretty dramatic because of the different contrasts and the textures used.
   
6. How did the photographer use composition skills in the photo? Where is the emphasis and how did the photographer create emphasis? The photographer took this picture as a snapshot rather than photograph because the frog wasn't stationed there forever and wasn't told what to do. The photographer captured this from an angle that looks down upon the frog and makes the frog seem bigger than it actually it. The emphasis in this picture is the red beaming light inside the frog because it is such a different color from the rest of the colors in the picture and it also happens to be in the center of the photo. The photographer captured this emphasis by focusing on the red light and how much of an impact it has on the rest of the photo.
   
7. What do you think the photographer is trying to communicate with this work? How clearly do you think that the message is being communicated? I think the photographer is trying to communicate the message of the humor and oddness of this picture and the uniqueness of this particular photo. I think this message is comprehended clearly because he emphasizes the oddness of the frog swallowing the light.