Here the brief was to choose a subject that was set within a large, even background.
Sounds simple, but I've deliberated over possible subjects far more than I have for other exercises. In fact, I'd taken a series of shots of a different subject but rejected them on the grounds that the background wasn't even. The challenge was about angle of view - in order to be able to capture a subject in all extremes of the frame I needed to be higher than it.
So, it's was purely accidentally that I spotted this rather cheeky subject but one that interested me enough to grab my camera.
It's with pointing out that the lighting changed very quickly and has invariably had an impact on the visual appeal of images. A lesson in itself.
Here are the shots in order of preference along with a brief analysis.
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| 55mm, 1/125 secs at f/8, ISO 100 |
Each of the shots have an abstract feel, but none more so than this one. In one of the earlier posts I referenced Gutenburg's Diagram (the theory being that in Western cultures the viewer will start in the top left hand corner of this image and work diagonally downwards) so in this shot the 'reveal' doesn't happen immediately. Instead, the viewer sees the pattern of the horizontal lines initially.
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| 55mm, 1/125 secs at f/8, ISO 100 |
This shot only works as a result of the changing light conditions. The even split of light and shade give the image balance.
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| 55mm, 1/125 secs at f/8, ISO 100 |
Once again the light is different. This is the only shot here that appears on one of the intersections of the rule of the thirds. There's little to like or dislike.
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| 55mm, 1/125 secs at f/8, ISO 100 |
The presence of the ball in the top right corner of the shot is very distracting, to the point where the viewer may not focus on the rest of the image. It's become a gimmick and no more.
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| 55mm, 1/125 secs at f/8, ISO 100 |
Admittedly, the lack of light and shade doesn't help the centrally positioned subject but, that aside, it doesn't stack up against the first couple of images. It's become a 'snap' rather than an image of interest.
Although I never shoot with the image centrally positioned I'm going to consciously look for suitable subjects... this wasn't one of them.
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