I found this picture on the National Geographic website and it is the picture of the day. Taken by Amurag Kumar and it shows a Holi Celebration taking place in India. Holi is a religious celebration for those that follow the Hindu religion. It takes place at the end of winter on the last full moon day. One of the activities that is performed is what is shown in the picutre. They throw colored powder and water onto each other. This is how they celebrate the main day of the festival, this day is called Holi. The things that stand out to me in this picture are the bright blue and red splashes of color from the powder being thrown in the streets. When i first look at this picture my eye goes straight to the blue and then scans the rest of the picture. Everyone seems to be very frantic and chaotic, the blue powder creates a good balance and creates some kind of order in the picture. If it was just a picture of a chaotic crowd I wouldn't know what to look at and the way I would scan the picture would be frantic just like the crowded people. However the bright blue streak gives my eyes some sort of direction and gives the picture a focus which makes it easier to view.
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