With the snow and the deep blue sky, I drove to the New Kuban section of the township, figuring that the Russian Orthodox Church would be a good photo for today.
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Okay Harry, I have just had a good look through your back catalogue and here is your challenge, which I hope you will enjoy and maybe give you another style of capture to add to your arsenal.
I'd love it if you would capture some architectural detail in symmetry.
Pay attention to your details though, this is harder to achieve than it appears! Symmetry requires perfect balance of the image, which in turn means moving around and paying attention to when you have achieved the perfect balance. Use the lines of the bricks or the angles of the two sides so that they really are mirrored.
The examples I gave above work because they are balanced well.
Here are a few that are close, but haven't quite got it right: http://www.australianphotography.com/images/dmImage/SourceImage/DETAILS.jpg This one has the lamp detail perfect, but the building on the left is unbalanced! http://flic.kr/p/byTSAf This one is just not balanced evenly. A few steps to the right would have done it perfectly! Pay attention to the roof beams, the one above the door should be centred and that would also have balanced the point of view of the chairs perfectly too. http://flic.kr/p/6wmY8T With this one, the line across the top of the frame is tilted down to the right and the skylight is not centred.
It's really just a matter of going left or right to get the balance right for an exemplary capture of symmetry!
Hope that works for you, it looks like you have some interesting architecture close by to you.
@ladydi53 Thank you DIana, I appreciate the fav, after WWII Cossacks from the New Kuban area of Russia emigrated to the US to keep practicing their religion, setteled in this area of our township and built this church.
@frankhymus Thank you Frank, still a few more cold days, then we all will be warmer @mkangas Thank you Mandy, cold air really seems to sharpen the colours @kerristephens Thank you Kerri, I think it is the best, architecturally speaking, church we have in the township @taffy Thank you Taffy, cold does sharpen everything
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian, churches always seem to be good architecturally @sangwann Thank you Dione, the sky was how I wanted it to be @my_photofun Thank you Darinka, I saw the weather and knew where to go :) @skstein Thank you Sandy, I was happy they had plwed around the church so I could park and try different shots
@julie Thank you Julie, the low temperature and low humidity made everything stand out in the sunlight @archaeofrog Thank you Katie. it was a great day for photos @rachelwithey Thank you Rachel, the colours do complement each other
@bruni Thank you Bruni, I thought they would so I drove over to check @espyetta Thank you MaryBeth, they actuallly clean it several times a uear @quixoticneophyte Thank you Alexander, I will try and find an appropriate building.
January 7th, 2014
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I'd love it if you would capture some architectural detail in symmetry.
Here are some examples to give you an idea of what I am on about:
http://www.unframedworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/symmetry-photo-how-to10.jpg http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/5/5/4/8/77268.jpg?v=0 http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000wYhgogk46pc/s/850/850/Architectural-Detail-B-W-3257.jpg http://static6.depositphotos.com/1056393/584/i/950/depositphotos_5847860-Architectural-detail-of-The-Benedictine-Abbey.jpg http://www.featurepics.com/FI/Thumb300/20111109/Architectural-Roof-Detail-2041948.jpg
Pay attention to your details though, this is harder to achieve than it appears! Symmetry requires perfect balance of the image, which in turn means moving around and paying attention to when you have achieved the perfect balance. Use the lines of the bricks or the angles of the two sides so that they really are mirrored.
The examples I gave above work because they are balanced well.
Here are a few that are close, but haven't quite got it right:
http://www.australianphotography.com/images/dmImage/SourceImage/DETAILS.jpg This one has the lamp detail perfect, but the building on the left is unbalanced!
http://flic.kr/p/byTSAf This one is just not balanced evenly. A few steps to the right would have done it perfectly! Pay attention to the roof beams, the one above the door should be centred and that would also have balanced the point of view of the chairs perfectly too.
http://flic.kr/p/6wmY8T With this one, the line across the top of the frame is tilted down to the right and the skylight is not centred.
It's really just a matter of going left or right to get the balance right for an exemplary capture of symmetry!
Hope that works for you, it looks like you have some interesting architecture close by to you.
Kind regards,
Alex
@mkangas Thank you Mandy, cold air really seems to sharpen the colours
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, I think it is the best, architecturally speaking, church we have in the township
@taffy Thank you Taffy, cold does sharpen everything
@sangwann Thank you Dione, the sky was how I wanted it to be
@my_photofun Thank you Darinka, I saw the weather and knew where to go :)
@skstein Thank you Sandy, I was happy they had plwed around the church so I could park and try different shots
@archaeofrog Thank you Katie. it was a great day for photos
@rachelwithey Thank you Rachel, the colours do complement each other
@espyetta Thank you MaryBeth, they actuallly clean it several times a uear
@quixoticneophyte Thank you Alexander, I will try and find an appropriate building.