It is often useful to isolate our subject in order to remove distractions and create meaningful relationships that will help us to tell our stories. There are a number of photographic techniques that may help us to isolate our subjects, such as selective focusing, cropping, lens choice, and vantage point. I combine choice of vantage point and lens focal length here to isolate a sculpture of a guardian angel mounted upon a column. I create considerable scale incongruity by contrasting the statuary to a massive forest of greenery. The angel becomes a lonely sentinel, standing guard for eternity. Using a telephoto focal length of almost 250mm, I am able to frame the sculpture from a considerable distance, and simultaneously shift my camera position until I eliminate all other monuments from my frame. I make sure to eliminate the sky as well, and in the process, I fill the background entirely with foliage. The statue seems to emerge from the palms on the right, and looks into an array of flowering trees on the left.