Chrystel Lebas

She is a French photographer who lives and works in London. She has attended 4 educational systems, 3 in France and 1 in London. As part of her career she lectures at University of the Arts, Camberwell 
and Richmond the American International University in London. She also guest lectures all over the 
UK at universities and art colleges.

I think this image was taken in low light conditions and it required a long shutter speed to capture enough natural light for the leaves, trees and flowers to be viewable. Through the middle of the image there is a lighter purple. This is an area that was uncovered by trees and more light was able to get through. The green was also exposed to a lot of light which shows in the image because of the high saturation.

This image has a lot less colour than the other however it focuses more on the contrast. There is a high contrast in the tones of this image from black to a very pale blue and green. This image was also taken in low light and I think that most of the light is reflected by the moisture of the steam rising from the water. It looks very sinister as if the darkness of the forest is retracting from the waters edge when the daylight appeared with the sunrise. The riversides and the path of the trees lead the viewer from upstream in the background towards the foreground where there is detail of the rocks at the bottom of the river.