"Dictyota Dichotoma" is an image of algae done by Anna Atkins. She did this by using a printing process called cyanotype which gives the image a bluish hue. It is merely a silhouette.
I'm sure there were many reasons why Anna decided to make this photograph. The main one was to document the world around her and the other reason to show how even the simplest of things, like algae, can be beautiful.
When I look at the image it makes me smile. To see how far we've come is very interesting. The image itself is very wonderful. The blue is a great colour and I love how the algae itself goes from very stark white to a transparent blue. The algae almost looks like snowflakes.
I think the photo is very well done, it is crisp and, although just a silhouette, seems detailed because we get all these different layers of the algae's leaves. I would give this photo an 8/10!
Very good critique, but for one who likes it so much I would have expected you to give it at least an 8.5 to 9.
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