Critique #1

This photograph looks like a doll-sized backyard with a pool, pool house, chairs and tables, a couple trees, and flowers. The photo looks fake because the focus of the image is a little off and it focuses more on the pool to take the focus away from the small details like the trees and chairs. The photographer took this photo from about three or so feet away. The sun or light was present while this photo was taken and it came from the left top corner, and I know this because of the angle of the shadows. The cylinder-like, aqua blue pool cover and the ladder to get out of the blue area tells me that this subject is a pool. The photo looks like it was taken on a school desk, but was intended to look like sand since the background has the same color as each. I really like that the pool is in the center of the photo because it draws the attention right away, and I also like that its almost the only subject within the photo that actually has a good amount of color. Another thing that attracts my eyes to this photo is the fact that the pool is off center and tilted just a little. I don’t really know why, but it makes the picture look even more attractive. All objects in the photo are in the middle and it leaves a lot of space on the outside, and I don’t like this because it makes everything look very clustery and clumped. The contrast of this photo is low. There are many gray tones throughout the shadows, pool ladder, and other small subjects. The black tones are rare in this photo, for I don’t see any pure black. The pure white is shown through the pool edge, the table, a pool tube, and a small disk in the pool. This photo makes me think of summer and my old house in Minnesota. It reminds me of my old house because we had a pool that looked just like this with a pool house at the same location as this one, just bigger. The trees on the bottom remind me of Minnesotan trees, but the palm trees remind me of Florida.