Picture on conflict

Content

• Dead twigs/leaves
• One alive stem with leaves

Subject

• Trapped
• Fighting
• Death

This picture connotes natural conflict, our aim was to show the conflict between the seasons. In this picture we are showing the conflict between Autumn and Winter by the use of the remaining leaves from the Autumn which is being dominated by the dead leaves and twigs of

Winter. The use of a higher f stop gave us more of a depth of field which connotes a conflict that's never ending and also the use of the blurred background gave the picture a sense of mystery. We decided to have one main 'alive' plant crossing the picture blurred to also connote a sense of mystery but to also create a sense of something disappearing/fading into the rest of the dead twigs etc. Also the 'alive plant' looks like it is trying to escape but is being pulled into the twigs due to the angle of the plant. We tried to let in less light through the aperture to create a 'darkish' background to create a sense of death/evil as winter is when plants etc die. The strong lines of the twigs in the background create a sense of confusion/overwhelming which connotes something trying to take over something which is what we attentionally aimed for.