CW For this week's Get Pushed challenge my partner, @katiebrenkert, asked me to play with leading lines.
I am a fan of the strong line, but up to now haven't been especially deliberate in its usage. Here is my first attempt, a mash up between a motion shot & leading lines.
My intention is that the lines caused by motion & the painted arrow like lines on the street send the viewer's eye back to the ghostly figure in black. Is it working?
I also posted an outtake with much more obvious leading line stuff going on, but I liked the whimsy of this shot.
First I saw the runner and pillars/yellow line in the middle right of the picture. Then the white blur. Much later the ghostly figure. For me colour was the first what draw me, then the lines. I really like this shot, intriguing, a fave!
I like your idea tons but I get slightly hung up on the bright red. its where my eye goes to first. I wonder if he was more in the lower right corner if it would work a little better? Or, if the guy in teh black was right at the corner where the crosswalks converge? I do love how you used the motion blur to achieve lines! so creative!!! I keep looking at this shot and see so many possibilities with it. Nice job!
@katiebrenkert I see what you mean. I wonder if I could do more to bring out the arrow on the right hand side (grey pavement in the space between the lines.) And darken the figure in the background too, hmm...