The above composition is once again supposed to represent an overhead view of a manta ray swimming close to the surface of the water, with the sun shining down upon it. However, a quick look makes it pretty clear that the above composition is nowhere near as balanced as the previous one. But in truth, I believe that this composition is closer to how the actual scene would look in nature. The outline of the manta ray is not perfectly symmetrical anymore, down the vertical center axis, but in reality, a manta ray is rarely swimming symmetrically. It has to keep itself at a certain angle to fight against the currents, and its fins and tails are constantly in motion, to help it balance its large flat body in the water. It seems ironic that it looks visually unstable when it is in fact in balance. That's the message I wanted to convey with this composition of instability. It might look unbalanced, but in reality, that is the way it needs to be. 

In this composition, the circles are meant to represent bubbles coming from the manta ray's gills. Once again, in reality, such air bubbles would rarely be equidistant or symmetrical with one another. Therefore, I positioned them at various positions near the edges of the manta ray's fins but in various patterns and amounts. Lastly, we have the light shining down on the ray. I simply use one ray of light shining down in the center, and position darker lines on either side to better contrast with the light. However, the white ray is not diagonal and does not cut the ray through a symmetrical position either. I only had one diagonal white ray, because this would give the picture a sense of being off-balance. When there is only one such diagonal line that stands out, most people would expect that line to be entering and exiting at each opposite corner of the picture. And yet, it does not. Thus, its position being clearly off-center makes the unbalanced effect more pronounced.