words to follow

Why am I writing about this picture? I posted it last night with the title "words to follow".

Back ground: This pic was an attempt to take a snap of a line of horse (and zebra) figurines. This one does not demonstrate any presence of multiple animals.
What do I like about it?
I feel that this pic, by accident or design, holds a bunch of qualities I try to seek out or imitate. There seems to be a balance of tone and color; the contrast of black and white of the zebra white the grays of the cement and washed out colors of the back ground. Note also that the warmest colors seem to be at the focal point. There is an obvious pull to the back ground. The Linear railing to the right and the short depth of field create a sense of space and size within the composition despite its actual size.
My favorite part is the sense of weight of the front hoof. Regardless of the actual nature of the subject (something that would fit into your hand) there is the illusion of gravity there. A delicious heft that I would love to hold in my proverbial tool belt.
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