This photo plays with the 1/3 rule. If you look at the placement of the bird, it is exactly at the epicentre of the top 1/3 corner quadrant. The wall in the background is also consistent along the bottom 1/3 of the photo, and the centre of the photo consists of the space between the eyes of the old lady and the bird. The pole that is sticking up out of the corner of the wall also falls along the left 1/3 line of the photo, making this photo feel abnormally Aristotelian. The background also has a particular contrast about it since the lower part of the background is darker than the top of it, making it feel as though a gradient tool was used in order to emphasise the darkness in the bottom of the photo as contrasted with the whiteness of the bird's feathers and the upper background.
-- Kelson Adams Intro to Photo.
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