Center Frame Portrait

The prompt for this week’s blog was, “Use center framing composition to isolate your subject and imply loneliness.” In the photo I took, there is a yellow Ginko tree losing it’s leaves, surrounded for the most part by evergreen pines. I used center framing composition (a technique involving framing your subject in the center of the photo instead of on a third) to isolate the yellow tree and its fallen leaves from the rest of the scene. I believe that the use of center framing enhances this photo by focusing attention on the yellow tree, emphasizing how different it is compared to the dark pines. This focus also implies loneliness or separation because the tree is alone in its bright yellow coloring and fallen leaves.

(1/40 sec, f/5.6, ISO 125)