Exercise nineteen: Diagonal lines

Diagonal lines can achieve a dynamic look and feel but diagonal lines aren't necessarily diagonal. A photographer's angle of view or perspective can result in straight lines appearing diagonal. I've captured a couple of examples of each. 

55mm, 1/200 secs, f/8, ISO 400

There are a number of diagonals in this shot but it's the 3 or 4 banks of chevrons. By only including the lower part of the car in the frame it doesn't detract from the diagonals - in fact, the opposite is true. 

80mm, 1/250 secs, f/4.5, ISO 400

The grave stones run in parallel to the road to the left and the church to the right but my angle of view results in 2 diagonals. The first (and strongest) is the base of each gravestone dismissing in size at nears the distance, and the second (less prominent) line formed by the tops of the gravestones.  

55mm, 1/400 secs, f/5.6, ISO 400

There are 3 main diagonals and a fourth created by the barrier in the back ground. Stood head on to the subject the line across the centre of the image was horizontal and reduced the power of the diagonals. Moving slightly to the right and tilting the camera a little remedied this. 

18mm, 1/30 secs, f/22, ISO 400

An obvious sense of perspective here as the parallel lines on the train tracks meet at the vanishing point on the horizon.  The was achieved with a low angle of view and a wide angle focal length.