A sense of stillness and quiet can be captured in the contrasting moments where sunlight pierces through dense clouds and silhouette figures fly in broad skies.
An analysis of color and black-and-white photography will reveal how tone and structure can affect the overall atmosphere created in a scene.
In the first set of photographs, we see a bird flying close to a tree whose bare, sprawling branches seem to touch a stormy sky.
Both the complex structure of the tree and the elegant movement of the bird are portrayed in a poetic way in color as well as in black-and-white.
The next set of photos takes us into a park scene where the sun shines brightly behind a big tree, casting an interesting shadow on the path leading past the tree.
Trees on the sides and street lamps add to the composition of the photograph, highlighting the effect of backlighting and geometrical angles of the picture.
The last set of photographs takes us to a more elevated view of a group of birds that fly across a dull sky. These birds are contrasted against the silhouetted branches of some winter trees.