The lighting of the photo comes from a flash to the left of the photo. The image has lights in the hands and hair, and darks in the background and shirt. There is a strong contrast between them, and the photo is perfectly exposed. The photo is in focus, but the background is out of focus.The shutter speed was fast in order to capture the flash and hair in perfect stillness. The camera angle was straight on the subject. The photo is symmetrical in the sense that there is a hand on either side of the photo, but the subject is mostly in the right third. The left third is more darkness and background. The focal point of the photo is the man's hands. The photo is framed with a slight vignette, and the dark background. The foreground consists of the man's hand and woman's hair. The middle ground is mostly the woman's shirt, and the background is darkness. There is texture in the hands and woman's hair. The waves of the hair and the lines in the fingers lead the viewer's eyes through the photo. The image tells the story of a romantic encounter between a man and a woman dancing in the night. The image is innocent and soft and shows love and romance. The mood is romantic, but also mysterious because the subjects faces are not showing. It leaves the situation up to the viewers interpretation.
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