Early Morning at Moraine Lake
September 23, 2007
There are three contexts to be considered when taking a photograph and these are the internal context, external context, and the original context.
INTERNAL CONTEXT
The title of the photograph is Early Morning at Moraine Lake. It was taken by Oscar Gutierrez. There was no date posted there but it was last updated in the gallery yesterday, Sept. 22. The title of the photo suggests the whole idea of the image. From the title, you will know that it was taken early morning at Moraine Lake. True enough, the text that surrounds the photo influences what you think about it. If there was no title written on top of the photo, I couldn’t have guessed that it was taken early morning and that it was actually Moraine Lake.
EXTERNAL CONTEXT
This suggests the representational environment of the photo. I found this photograph at yahoo online photo galleries. There were many photos in that photo gallery but this photo was the one I liked best. The photographer has his explanation below the photograph but I had carefully distanced myself so as not to be influenced by his own comments. 
ORIGINAL CONTEXT
The photographer had related how he had taken the photograph. He purchased a leveling head for his tripod so that he could take more panoramics; but, unfortunately the airlines lost his luggage with his tripod. He knew that the photo would make a great pano so he just hand-held the camera and panned across as he took a series of shots. I think he made a good alternative by just holding and panning the camera because it let him took the many views of fhe lake.
COLOR
There are some comments written by the author about the color of this photo. He said that the picture reflects the true color of the glacial lakes. Unfortunately, I was not there with him when he took the photo, so apparently, I did not know what the true color of the glacial lakes were. Judging by the capacity of my eyes, I can say that the water in the lake has successfully taken the color of the sky and it is evident in the photo. The color of the water is a clear blue one. I found it a very good photograph since it is so real in a sense that you wouldn’t believe it is actually real. The mountains that surround it also have amazing colors. Some parts of the mountains were light yellow that suggests how the sun rested on it. Other parts were dark yellow because of the shadows that rested on it. That is how I look to it now but we never know how it actually looks like if we have the real photo on our hands. In my part, I believe the photo is effective in showing the real view of the lake.
TEXTURE
The texture of the photo is pretty much like that of the wonderful paintings of nature I see. The way the photo was taken might have helped much on creating its texture. He hand-held the camera and panned it across as he took series of shots. The trees were perfectly taken around the lake as well as the mountains that surround it.
SHAPE
The object that takes the whole photo is the water of the lake. It shaped like a triangle in the photo because it followed the position of the mountains that surround it. The shape of the photo made it look real from my point of view. It is also effective in showing the real image of the lake.
