Emphasis and Focal Point

CONTRAST
Cimots Interior Design
This photo, from an Interior Design Website, shows and obvious contrasting color. My immediate focus is on the bright pink coffe table, a contrasting color from the rest of the items in the room.

ISOLATION
Ansel Adams
Like the example in our reading in the painting by Thomas Eakins, this photo by Ansel Adams has two light sources. The two faces are far enough apart to be considered isolated. I think the emphasis is on the face of Georgia O'Keeffe, which is lighter.
Georgia O’Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona - Ansel Adams

PLACEMENT
Melanie Einzig

Although this is a busy photograph, I think it works. My eye is drawn to the sign on the bottom, then follows the curve on the statue of liberty’s arm, completing the curve created by the red window frame and down to the “horned hat” of the man on the right.
Street Photographer - Melanie Einzig





ONE ELEMENT
Frida Kahlo
Another busy painting with emphasis clearly on one element -- Frida, centered, large, pink dress.
Self-Portrait on the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States. 1932. Oil on metal 31.7 x 35 cm. -
Frida Kahlo

ABSENCE OF FOCAL POINT
It seem like the road should be the focal point in this photo but it doesn't work. Maybe there's not enough contrast or perhaps it is because it runs through the photo and directly off the page. I find my eyes wandering.