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Lens Artists Challenge – Tools of Composition

In our challenge this week, John has us looking at perspective, depth and scale. Please visit his site Journeys with Johnbo to view some great examples and gain a better understanding of these tools.

The photo below was taken at NASA. It is a model of the Artemis taken at a high angle for perspective. I was at the base of the model and had my lens at 24mm. It was quite tall but I’m sure if it was next to to the real one it would look like a miniature.

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The next tool is depth which is supposed to move the eye from foreground to background. The leading lines draw the eye to the front of this beautiful church.

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The next photo is not using any of these tools but it was taken at the church in the above photo. It’s the one of the coolest baptismal fonts I’ve seen. Quite appropriate since the beach is directly across the street from the church.

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The last photo shows perspective. Look very closely and you’ll see the tiny sailboat to the right of the cruise ship. Everything looks small next to these ships.

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That’s it for me! Thanks John for a great review of these tools!

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Lens Artists Challenge – Topic – Focus on the Subject

Patti is leading this week’s topic with several tips on composition to help the subject of the photo stand out. Please visit her site to see all of the tips and some wonderful examples. The tips I’m choosing are get in closer, selective focus and simplify the background.

Get in closer – I often use cropping to make the subject appear closer especially if the subject is small. Here are a couple of before and after cropping examples.

Selective focus – The next 2 photos were taken with a macro lens which works great for selective focus.

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Simplify the background – I find that this technique can be more difficult to achieve at times. In the first example, I controlled the background and the second one was all about location, location, location.

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Thanks Patti for a great topic this week!

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Lens Artists Challenge – Rule of Three

The “rule of three” or “rule of odds” in photography allows for visual interest. Tina provides us with a more complete description and some wonderful examples that you can see on her site.

When going through my photos, I wasn’t sure I would have many for the theme but was surprised at what I found. I don’t think I took most of these photos of three objects with intention, but maybe it proves the point about being visually pleasing to the eye.

The first photo is at one of my favorite beaches in the Outer Banks called Pea Island.

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Same day, same beach….a group of terns – one of my favorite shore birds.

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This was taken in Rincon, Puerto Rico. Three pelicans framed by 3 palm trees- is that 6 subjects or 2 groups of 3? My eyes see it as 2 groups.

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This was taken for a weekly group on Flickr that I participate in.

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I’ll close with some duck humor in a grouping of three. They sure were busy getting their food!!

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Thanks Tina for a great theme this week!