Composition Week 3

In this task we were asked to shoot a minimum of ten images showing the different aspects of composition i.e Lines, Texture, Colour, Rule of Thirds etc.  Of the ten images we had to pick three or four to put on our blogs and write about.  These images were all shot on Auto as this was a compostion task and not a camara control task.



This image illustrates the composition aspect of Lines.  The image also represents focus and the Rule of Thirds.  I really like this image as I feel the focus works really well with fading out the background.  I have focused on the second post which has resulted in bluring the first post.  This image could be improved without the car or the phonebox in the background, or if the phonebox could be changed to an old fashioned red phone box.  I shot this from a low angle to get into line with the posts.




 
This image of a cobweb illustates the compostion aspect of Pattern and Focus.  You could also say it demonstrates the rule of thirds making the subject centred and also lines which quite clearly go from the centre of the image to the edge.  This image was from my second attempt as in the first attempt after uploading the image I discovered I had the edge of a patio table in the background so had to take the image from a different angle which shows the blured background at a distance.






This image illustrates the composition aspect of Angle, Rule of Thirds. Colour and Lines.  I have tried to get a low angled image by getting as low to the ground as possible and trying to demonstrate the Rule of Thirds. I feel if I had got lower the image could have represented the Rule of Thirds better.  This also shows texture, the rough element of the gravel and the soft element of the grass beyond the fruit.




This image illustrates the compostion aspect of a frame within a frame, the window frame and the door frame.  I should have moved closer to the frame of the window to see what kind of image could have been achieved.  This image also represents the Rule of Thirds with the wheelbarrow being placed at a third of the picture.

Evaluation


In this task I have learned to pay more attention to detail when shooting a picture as after I uploaded the spider web picture I discovered it was shot at the wrong angle.  I have also learned to look for different photo opportunities within the subject taken, like moving in closer on the window on the frame within a frame image.  I cannot retake these images as I was away for the weekend in stratford.  For these images I used my Nikon D90 with the kit lens 18-105 F3.5 - 5.6.  I think that this lens was sufficiant enough for taking these shots no close up images for which to use a macro lens and no long distance images for which a more sufficiant zoom would have been needed.