#3

I photographed my little indian elephant I got at a barn sale on my wood floors in the bright September sun. For this one I got in really close so the tip of his trunk is very defined and the rest of him is a bit more fuzzed out. The light is behind him so it creates a nice contrast. Also the seam running down his head looks like it falls on one of the rule-of-thirds lines, but that was an accident.

I stood up and played with scale for this one. The intense contrast of the light makes it very dramatic, and the sharp shadow of the door makes it mysterious. He kind of looks like he's traveling into the unknown.

For this one I held him in my fingers above the floor, and he stands out more as the clearly defined subject than most of the other pictures that also capture the detail of the floor. I had to make careful cropping decisions to keep my fingers out of the shot, so to make it look more balanced I cropped part of his trunk too. This view from above abstract-ifies it a little and his ears take center stage.

For this photograph the apperture was all the way open to let in the most light possible. It looks washed out and draws attention to his shadow. Since his cross-eyed eye stands out so much and the entire picture is a little tilted, he looks kind of goofy.

This one was also taken with the apperture all the way open. In the previous picture my lens was tilted away from the light, but in this one it was pointing straight at the light so it really looks like light is just exploding behind him. The edges of the shapes are being invaded by the light. It looks a little like a watercolor.