Archive for October, 2007
Monday, October 29th, 2007
A while back I posted a photograph of an old dam that I found. Here is the new improved version complete with a pedestrian bridge.
The railing leads your eye from the left edge of the photograph into the distance where it meets the walkway. The walkway and the dam below lead your eye across the image where the concrete part of the dam in the distance helps to stop your eye from leaving the photograph. Your eye tends to get boxed in where the dam is.
The water spilling over the dam has lines in it, leading the eye along the spillway to the calmer water of the river.
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Here is a clock tower of a town I was passing through recently. I had to stand far enough away to get the entire tower in the photograph. I also got two peaks of the roofs at each side of the picture. It helps to frame the photograph, keeping your eye on the subject matter. Unfortunately I got a power line, which does detract from the photograph.
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Here’s the milkweed seed pod that has burst open. Geometric shapes can give a photograph both order and stability so your eye doesn’t jump around (or off) the photograph erratically. This composition is mainly made up of triangles. The first triangle is the tip of the milkweed pod that has burst open. The second triangle is between the three seeds in the middle of the fluff. It’s at a different angle, however, the repetition adds to the composition and the stability. The last triangle is the milkweed pod at the bottom of the image.
The last part of the photograph that makes this photograph very stable in appearance is the horizontal line formed by the railing in the background. It’s almost like a horizon line.
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
This is a statue titled “children of hope”. It’s offset to one side to add interest to the photograph. It also tends to make the photograph more dynamic. I tried to fill the frame with the statue to prevent other nearby objects from drawing your attention away from it. I also photographed it from an angle where you can see all three children in a small space in relation to one another.
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Here’s my favorite flower, portulaca. I filled the frame with flowers as much as possible to get as many flowers as I could and have each flower a reasonable size.
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