Description
This photo owes its three-dimensionality to three distinct zones of sharpness and detail, enhanced by color separation. The sharp edge of the kopje is the plane where the tangible world abruptly ends and the atmosphere begins, with some structure in the softer clouds before they give way to the much smoother pale-yellow sky beyond. Color reinforces that spatial separation through three distinct color zones: the warmer tones of the sunlit rock contrast with the cooler blue clouds, which in turn contrast with the pale-yellow sky above, while the cheetah’s warm coat stands out against the blue background.
Taken in Tanzania.







