Formal Elements
She takes her photo in black and white to give the image a dull feeling to it to show the viewers that there is a sad feeling to this image and how behind this image is a sad message on how she can’t go to this view point anymore because its become a private area. The lighting of this image is natural and seems to be taken during the day coming close to sunset or after sun rise as you can see steams of natural sunlight going behind the clouds hiding the suns light giving the overall affect that it is going to rain. The image has a range of tones from the lake with white, light tones to simple dull grays at the grass next to the path then strong coal black on the hills.
