Image Essay # 9

For this image essay, I will talk about symmetrical balance. Symmetrical balance is a form of balance that is created when shapes are mirrored on either side of an axis, as in a composition that is vertically divided down the center. Images that contain symmetrical balance is easy to spot because of the fact that an image is mirrored. It would be easy to see if something is not right. Anything not the same on one side would throw off the balance of the image of symmetry. In the image that I am showing, the image seems to be of a fish and bubbles and some other objects being mirrored in a vertical way. The left and right side are similar, but they are just flipped. The image also contains figure ground reversal, where on the left hand side there is a black fish on the white background and on the right hand side there is a white fish on a black background. The figure ground reversal makes the symmetrical balance a little easier to see. It also makes the image a bit more interesting to look at. An image with symmetrical balance has to have both sides similar to each other or else it will not look right.