John Jeffers rises from a rest, ready to rejoin Audrey and me on our hike. The image is multi-layered with the dog, man, and mountains in the background. This photo depicts color and contrast (with the whiteness of the dog drawing our eye and the muted mountains and sky making them less obvious), depth and perspective (the distance between the dog in foreground and the mountains in background creates depth), balance (the dog is on the left and the man towards the right side of the frame, creating balance), and the rule of thirds (the dog is on the lower corner where two of the lines meet. The man is near one of the focal points where the horizontal and vertical lines of thirds meet). Here, the dog is close to the lens (in the foreground), looking at the man in the background. Neither is centered or posed, which makes for a candid shot, a better image than amateurish centered portrait shots. The man isn’t posed but is in the process of rising. This picture was taken around 5 p.m. Saturday, August 27 on the Rushing Wind trail at milepost 35 on a hiking day trip to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The guy is my friend, John Jeffers. The dog is my dog, Audrey. Photo and caption by Alice Anderson.
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