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Describing Photographs
1. This photo was taken in a field in the country. It is an image of a woman climbing a ladder to dry her clothes on the wires of telephone poles. In the picture, you can see a woman climbing to the wire with a basket of clothes in her arms, either going to take dry clothes off the wire or to hang wet clothes on it, like you normally would do on a clothesline. In the background, theres a farmhouse and trees. On the left is an open plain. On the right is the focus of the image, the woman on the ladder. The subject looks odd, as if it doesn't belong there. The viewer's attention is focused on the woman and the clothes. The photo is bright and green is the most prominent color. The photo makes us feel amused. It looks like a picture out of a children's fairytale book. The photographer uses a ladder and strait lines to emphasize the height of the telephone poles, accentuating the unusual nature of the scene. 2. The picture was taken by the shore of a lake. It...