Exercise; Implied lines

Here are two different shots for the exercise on implied lines;

The first is the eye-lines and how they project an implied line, here being the staring 'up to the heavens' in this stained glass window. I particularly love the bright translucent colours in glass as they have so much more luminosity than printed colour. The happy accident in this shot is the cross formed by the leading between the panes adds to the religious symbology. Interestingly the character 'greyed out' and not staring upward is the 'sinner' or 'non-believer' and is depicted like this by the artist.

The second shot is a line of extension, this row of bins leads the eye down the adjacent path and is helped with it's forward movement by the second bin which appears to be toppling forward threatening to knock the whole line down like dominos

Exercise - Curves

In this exercise I am to produce four photographs containing curve, to emphasise movement and direction. I've selected these from the last 6 months photo's when I have tried to capture 'curves'.

Back in January I took this shot in the woods of the young tree saplings weighed down with the snow forming a tunnel. The initial movement to the eye is the curve from the trunks on the lower right over to the branches on the lower left. This is followed by the perspective of the receding curves drawing you down the tunnel. I like the monochrome look of this shot.

The harbour wall in St Ives Cornwall with the lower and upper curves formed by the perspective from the viewpoint draw the eye along to the horizon on the right of the frame. This is where the details of interest in the distance are; the lighthouse and buildings and the dog on the beach.

Also on the pier in St Ives I liked the aged rusting form of this cast iron winch wheel, long seized by time and saltwater. It's circular form gives the feel of rotation and draws the eye around the frame.

This next shot is of the canal walkway and modern bridge in the centre of Stroud Gloucestershire. The swing of the walkway and canal combined with the curved sweep of the bridge lead the eye firstly from  right to left and then back to the right following the bridge, I find this movement slightly jarring.

Extra pic.....

This fifth extra photo of curves on this BMW give the sense of the aerodynamic sweep from right to left over the rotational movement of the round form of the wheel.