Cleopatra Deserts Mark Antony in the middle of the battle

My favorite scene in the movie Cleopatra is when  Cleopatra leaves in the middle of battle believing that the battle is lost. What makes this scene one of the most important in the film and my favorite is seeing the look that Mark Antony gets on his face when he see's his Queen and in some ways his master deserting him in the middle of a battle (in my opinion a winnable battle).  That scene itself is the turning point in the movie. The defeat breaks Mark Antony's spirit and his armies moral as well. When Antony tries to fight on land he loses spectacularly to Octavian ( his entire army deserts him). The angle in which the photo is shot perfectly it sums up the situation accurately. Antony believes he is winning until he sees Cleopatra leaving. Anthony is caked with sweat and ash from the smoke of ships surrounding him. They show a half shot of his face and upper body. Something the audience in particular can take note of is based off of the angle of the camera which is facing straight towards Antony we can see the expression on his face as one of utter disbelief and dismay at being abandoned by Cleopatra. Besides the angle of the shot and camera I also noticed something else that the director included in this shot. In that moment on a very sunny day in the battle the light seems to have grown dimmer. It could simply be a change in the direction of the suns light but I believe that this was an intentional move on the directors part to make Antony's disbelief and depression seem all the more real.

Antony Seeing Cleopatra Fleeing