Africa and Abandoned Theme Parks

1) I think that the photographer had to be especially patient to capture the animals so close up for them not to be frighten. I also think that the photographer must be really inspirational to be able to talk about Africa and all of the harm that has come to it in the last few decades. I found that the photos taken where extremely beautiful and eyeopening.
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3) This is a photograph a native bird in Africa floating on a body of water a great distance away from  a landform. I like this photo because it really shows a lot of character and tone in the photo. 

4) In this photograph there is rule of thirds, because it focuses the bird in the right middle of the photo.

5) The photographer uses a black and white medium film frame camera without a telephoto lens because he believes that he can capture the closeness to the subject reveals its personality better without it. 

6) He takes these photos because he finds Africa mesmerizing and he enjoys taking pictures of animals in " their state of being".

7) He hopes by taking these pictures he will encourage other to feel sympathy for the animals and give donations to charities that help out African animals. 

8) Brandt finds that Africa is " … emotionally stirring and affecting about the plains of Africa - (that the) vast, green rolling plains punctuated graphically perfect acacia trees under the huge skies." (Brandt, 1)

Abandoned Theme Park

1) I would like to take my camera to visit the Spreepark, Berlin, Germany amusement park. I think I would enjoy taking photos here because there are many different attractions to choose from. The attractions there are truly unique and hold a lot of character and emotion. I would also like to take pictures here because it is in a very luscious, unkept forest with long, overgrown grasses. Along with the forest, there is a mossy lake that would be great for photos since there is an abandoned ship still in the water.
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3) Five places that would also be interesting to take photos at is the 

a) Vince Hannemann's Cathedral of Junk 

b) Canyon Lake

c)Lost Maples

d)Stonehenge

e)Hamilton Park

4) Eric Kotara-Catheral of Junk

5) It would be fun to document this location because there are a lot of bright colors that grab the eye's attention. There are also a lot of cool, unusual objects in the work of art and its really neat that it just so happens to be in Austin, in a local's backyard. This interest me because it shares how one person can create art from strange, common household items. I would expect to take colorful pictures and black and white pictures with a lot of framing as well. I also expect to take a variety of line and rule of thirds pictures.

6) To go take these pictures I would have to ask Vince Hannemann's person to go into his backyard to take pictures since the city stopped allowing people to just walk on in. As far as equipment I would need a ride to the location and a camera that can switch between black and white to color. I don't believe he charges a fee so I think it will be pretty costless expect for the gas. No laws would be broken if I have the guy's consent to explore his backyard.