another late response to a push. nia @sianipops pushed me to "take the rules of composition and pick a specific rule to showcase for that days posting. On a photography course we were told the rules fall under - rule of thirds, horizon lines, leading lines, contrast, simplicity, framing, balance and layers."
walking around the pond this morning to visit the swans (by the way, they're gone, except for one which bothers me), i thought the young maple trees were so pretty with their uniform coloured leaves and how they seem to follow the curve of the pathway. actually they don't; they're in a straight line, without any relation to the curve of the pathway but the parameters of the park. however, you can take a shot of them looking like so if you choose carefully where you stand.
i had wanted the picnic table to be the focal point of the line of trees, but if you stand at the end where the last tree was, you don't get this curving effect of the trees.
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@sianipops - nia, finally here's my response to your challenge. took a while but I've been very choosy with my compositions and the "one" only came this morning. hope this fits the bill!
thank you for your challenge. i read that article link you posted and they stuck in my mind and been choosy with my shots; sometimes i could get lazy and just keep on clicking.
I do love leading lines! That is weird that you say the trees are in a straight line as it doesn't look to be so, so awesome pov/ perspective choice to get the path and tree lines together.
A great shot, I love the red trees and they do give the illusion of curving round with the path! Clever photo. I hope the swans are alright, maybe they were just out of sight when you were there.
@678tabby - on saturday morning only wo young ones were there and they seem kind of lost. yesterday morning only the young male swan remained, sort of lost and being bullied by the seagulls and the ducks. partner was beside himself with worry. I told him that hopefully they had just migrated because it had started getting cold here. but it doesn"t add up that the young female would fly on her own and the young male stayed. he sort of didn't know how to defend hinself and I told partner tgat is the reason we humans shoild jot feed them because they need t learn to fend for themselves. Ihave emailed the swan ssanctuary to ask for their opinion on what could've happened. i just hope they come back next year, at least the couple. thank you, june.
thank you for your challenge. i read that article link you posted and they stuck in my mind and been choosy with my shots; sometimes i could get lazy and just keep on clicking.