This is a photograph that, like the reading for this week, shows the specific elements of the art of photography.  In McCloud's comic, he uses many different techniques that are unique to that specific artistry such as different shapes, sizes and rotation of the strip.  He also takes advantage of his ability to do surreal things do his cartoons such as taking them out into outer space.  In the same way, this photograph accurately captures many of photography's elements that are unique to this specific medium.  One example of these elements is space and focus.   Because this particular shot was taken with the lens extremely close to the subject, I was able to put the closest foreground object out of focus, thus drawing the eye of the viewer to the battery in the back instead.  This juxtaposition of our eye being drawn to something further away rather than something right there in front through the use of focus is unique to art which uses a camera.  Lighting is used in photography often to play with shadows that are created by the objects.  In this photograph, the element of lighting is used for this purpose.  I placed the batteries in a location where their shadow would naturally fall into the same line as the actual batteries themselves.  I wanted the viewers' eye to be drawn to the batteries in the background even by the shadow who's lines were parallel with the angle of the battery location. The space is also utilized by spacing the batteries an equal distance apart so that they gradually appear to get smaller as one's eye travels to the background.  It appears that the batteries curve to the right, as the camera is angled in such a way to make them get smaller from left to right.  Because of these elements of photography, we as an audience are able to tell that the batteries shown in the picture actually are spaced apart.  We can tell that these is a real, 3-dimensional space that has height, width, and depth.  Although there are other mediums that can mimic the illusion of space, such as drawing and painting, they don't have the elements such as macro settings on cameras and the use of real light.  These technical elements are unique to the use of a camera, whereas painting and drawing simply must "fake" these appearances.  This photograph reminds me much of minimalist photography, which focuses on shape and size in order to create a very simple patterns.  Showing objects getting "bigger" or "smaller" based on how far away they are from the camera is common in this style.  Having very basic color is also a characteristic of this type of photography, which is why I chose to place these objects against a neutral background, both with the color of the muted yellow table and the gray wall.  These blank negative spaces of neutral color allows us to focus our eye on the subjects:the batteries.  This photograph works in a way that celebrates the elements that make photography unique and creative in its own way.