Visual Elements of Time Photograph

    

      This is a picture of a sleeping polar bear and what looks to be a younger polar bear cub.  I can tell this is a younger cub to the left of the bear because of the defining dark line between the two individuals.  It appears that the baby is pressed up against its mother to procure some body heat.  The tonal quality to this photograph is on the light end of the spectrum, however it does include the bear's black nose, therefore engulfing the full spectrum.  The contour lines of the snow guide your eyes into the background of fluffy white tundra.  The bear's fur is a series of textural lines.  This photograph is completely realistic.  This photo represents a universal feeling of love from a mother to daughter.  There are visual texts that lead us to believe we are in the tundra and the background is fading away.  The lines in the snow get closer together the farther away they get.  The tonal background is simply white, however the light hitting the snow and creating shadows creates dimensions of color within the white.  The lines in the snow and the shadows on the ground also create the image of the polar bear sinking into a hole or a den. The bear and the snow, although they are technically the same color (white), the light and dark shading as well as the detail, captured the contrast of the rods and cones  makes it easy to find the focal point.