This is the bird's eye shot, taken from above, or the perspective of the bird. The rain results in repetition of lines, and from this angle the lines appear mostly vertical. Because of the angle, the lighthouse is proportioned to look slightly smaller. The picture is also informally balanced.
The close-up shot frames its subject tightly. This picture is very formally balanced, since both the lighthouse and the hill behind it are mostly centered. There is unity in color, since most of the colors shown are neutral and darker, which provides an interesting contrast with the light source directly in the middle of the picture. Proportioning results in the lighthouse looking bigger than it is.
An establishing shot is a wider shot used to convey a sense of setting. The lighthouse is set further back to make room for the land and water itself. This results in a strange unity - the bottom half of the picture is colored mainly green and blue, while the upper half is dark and gray.
An extreme close-up shot is, essentially, a closer close-up. It is meant to show one main detail about its subject. In this case, the main detail about the lighthouse is its light. The picture is mostly formally balanced and the "star" lines of the light could be considered leading lines to the center of the picture.
An eye-level shot is supposed to frame an object's head and focus on its eyes. A lighthouse's "head" and "eyes" are, supposedly, its top and light, so the shot turned out to be quite similar to the extreme close-up. Similarity in dark color results in unity, and the lines of the star act as leading lines. Repetition in vertical lines can also be seen in the lighthouse's wooden bars.
The medium shot is supposed to frame its subject at about its waist up. This picture has many of the same principles as the long shot, but here the repetition of curved lines is more obvious, both in the lighthouse itself and a little less between the land and sea.
The over-the-shoulder shot is an angle represented by taking a shot over its subject's shoulder, believe it or not. The lighthouse and its environment are completely taking over one half of the picture, resulting in great informal balance. The "unity" of the green-and-blue vs. the dark gray is flipped horizontally here, so the neutral colors are mostly on the left, and the brighter colors on the right.
A point-of-view shot is taken from the perspective of a character. Since the lighthouse is the "character", very little of it can be seen. Aside from the wooden bar of the lighthouse on the right, the picture is actually somewhat formally balanced, since the land and water are shaped similarly. The shore also results in curved-line repetition.
The worm's eye shot is shot from the ground, as a sort of opposite of the bird's eye shot. This results in heavy proportioning, as being close to the lighthouse makes it seem bigger. The rain (more diagonal than horizontal in this case) is also heavily repeated, as it is in all of these pictures.
If I were to redo the project, I would probably fix some minor details about the landscape. For example, I might extend the ocean plane so the edge of the project wasn't so obvious. In the same vein, I could've deepened the fog slightly. I did try to pay attention to the rule of thirds while taking the shots, but perhaps I could've done more with that.
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