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The first picture, the artist named Andrew with the user name of @CubaGallery from flickr created a strong piece. I really like because I loved the soft lighting and colors it has. It has a variety of textures with the sky, rocks, and water, and giving it the objects off center makes it really interesting. This photo uses leading lines to draw you to the house in the left-center of the image. I like how the water is so calm that you can see the perfect detailed reflection of the clouds and the colors of the sky. The sky and the rocks/sand really frame the photo and uses a lot of space. It's not a close up photo but with the details of the earth, water, and sky, really makes it a strong image. The contrast and exposure in this photo aren't displayed too hard but there's enough to make the quality and detail really stand out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/7424548342/

In the second picture, the artist named Kenny Teo displayed a very strong composition of a sunset. In this piece, the lighting and colors are beautiful. I'm crazy about sunset portraits and I absolutely love using color in my work. This image displays the primary colors very boldly and I like how the silhouettes frame the bottom of the photo, as the clouds frame the top. This image uses leading lines to draw you to the sunset, while using level of horizon to see the black silhouettes of what it looks to be buildings in the distance. I also am in love with sunset photos that display strong silhouettes and have great reflections, especially over water. In this photo however, I really enjoy the amount of contrast it has because it makes the colors stand out, along with making the silhouettes very strong and bold. Overall a beautiful portrait.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheishichiyo/3343776260/

Misteraitch was the artist/username of the third picture of the hallway/basement above. I like this image because it is different for me. It's not what I'm usually interested in when it comes to portraits. I do like taking outdoor photos most, but this picture stood out to me. I love black and white photos when it comes to creating drama within a piece. This photo does display a great amount of drama because it's an eerie photo. It gives me the sense of being in a scary movie or just the typical creepy basement. I like that there is leading lines to show the image in perspective, almost drawing you toward whatever may lay behind the center door. The pole running through the top of the photo also gives it an unbalanced view. It gives the image variety of objects. I do also like the lighting and quality of the image as well. The colors aren't super dark so you are still able to define everything in the photo, while still giving it that eerie look. The contrast was used very well also giving it the right amount of lights and darks. As for the quality, I liked that it wasn't completely focused. The photo is very gritty, again, giving it that eerie view to it. Overall a very strong image and something I can see myself taking photos like if I were to take an indoor portrait.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/misteraitch/2574521669/sizes/l/