Black/white Africa powerpoint response.

The photos from the power point had shown the animals at peace with themselves and showed a side of them that seemed very calm and loving. I loved the photos in the slides. There were a whole lot of different animals that you would usually see react violently but that aren't. There were a lot of emotions the I felt looking through it. Happy, Peaceful, calm. It nearly brought me to tears. (No lie)

The picture of this lions has a lot of feelings that I get by just staring at it. I feel the calm and collected side of the lion and it is relaxing which is kinda cool to see. I love the symbol of pride the lion gives and this is just showing it well to me.

The rule of thirds is used in this photo because it has it on one side of the photo and simplicity because you can tell what the photo is about. There isn't anything random about this photo it's a photo of a lion that is relaxing and the background of the sky makes it pop out more.

The photographer is Nick Brandt. THe type of camera he uses is the Pentax 6711with only two fixed lenses. 

His reason for theses photos are that he wants to show the personality of the animals by getting up close. "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

He hopes to make the expressions of the animals seem more real and tries to get close as possible to better show the animals expressions.

"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist. This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes"