Image Analysis
Image Analysis
Alaska, December 27th 2010, Winter sunset and the Alaska Pipeline, Lucas Payne
This image is found on the website of the photographer Lucas Payne. Presumably the main idea of this image is the innocence of the oil pipe disregarded from the fair landscape and sunset.
This is a photograph of the scenery in Alaska. There are no humans depicted in the picture, however the pipeline displays as the main subject. It has a deep grey-metallic color and red cradles and the oil pipe is covered with snow. The pipeline is an oil transportation duct for numerous miles, which is shown in the photograph. As mentioned the location is Alaska and date captured is in 2010. However it is rather severe to determine the date by solely observing the image. The indications of the photograph being shot recently are; the scooter trail, the pipeline and the resolution. The location is depicted with; the mountains in the foreground, the Alaska Pipeline and the snow. The main and center subject is the pipeline which is captured in an eye-perspective. Along the sides and in the background there is snow covered landscape.
The tone of the snow is cold, since it has a blue hue. Nevertheless the sun and the perpetual setting attach a tranquil and warm atmosphere with its golden shade. In my opinion this image gives one a harmonic feeling. Furthermore the time and place shows the reality of the contemporary Alaska Pipeline in its delicate surrounding. The sides of the picture are solitary made of a snow covered forest, with no bearing to the message of the photograph. The essential idea of the image discounted from the stunning scenery is presumably the guiltlessness of the pipeline, with its light hue and its subtle appearance. Noteworthy another opinion might be the how the artificial oil transportation duct is a contrast to the native and fragile landscape and the consequences if the dark toxic oil would leak and poison the light untouched nature.
Sources
Alaska, December 27th 2010, Winter sunset and the Alaska Pipeline, Lucas Payne, http://www.lucaspaynephotography.com/FavoriteImages/Bestof2010/15275087_ZQZvxz#1142806577_Krvmx-A-LB
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