I know this composition looks very dim for the word "Love" but to me this photo carries a lot of love for me, because it is (was) my home. After all the struggle I went through back in Taiwan and now not only returning home alone, but also returning home to give up your home. The warm amber lighting on the top window hitting on the silk curtains gives off a comforting and welcoming feeling. But the shape and the distance of the window almost looks like if it was slowly distancing away from you. It is like the one place in your heart that you don't want to let go but eventually it will just fade away. I like how you could see the path leading to the door, yet the door is pitch dark in a shadow. It gives you the feeling of being cut off from the warmth of your own home. The little lantern on the path is like the little bit of hope that still remains in your heart. The light inside the lantern is actually imitating an actual candle. Of course to me it seems like the representation is poorly done because I would think that if it were to have actual fire inside, the lantern would have a slight glow around the lantern itself, instead of being trapped on the bottom. Correct me if I am wrong about the lantern, but how would the lighting look if the lantern were to have an actual candle inside? I guess this is a different way to depict love, but I feel like a lot of the love in your life starts from home, and leaving it can sometimes be heartbreaking.
awww great commentary on a beautifully complex image! That warm window light has for centuries been a comforting, loving symbol of safety and home and same with the lantern light. They don't say "home is where the heart is" for nothing. If the lantern was fire you'd gain a bit of motion from the flickering and probably a more amber color temperature, but I think it shows up nicely in this image. I love the faint winding path to the door as well. Beautiful!
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