Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory
Posted on November 14, 2015
Horizontal Lines
Posted on November 14, 2015
I have to saythat I’m completely in agreement with Cee when it comes not only to horizons but also other horizontal lines actually being horizontal; I use the Straighten Tool in Lightroom to correct my own errors – as far as possible.
Oradour-sur-Glane, with the Monts de Blond in the background.
Some other images featuring strong horizontal lines:
Finally, a couple of other images with multiple horizons:
Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Horizontal Lines and Horizon
Patterns in mosaic
Posted on November 14, 2015
This is a detail from an intricately patterned mosaic in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Islam discourages, or in some cases completely forbids, the creation of images of humans and all sentient beings. Accordingly, the development of art has focused to a great extent on geometrical patterns.
(You’ll have to believe me when I say that I’d already selected this image before I saw the one featured in Cee’s post)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate
Posted on November 7, 2015
‘Ornate’: made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns.
This is a detail from a stained glass window in St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, Yorkshire that fits the bill for this week’s challenge. The glass itself is complex and decorative, and so is the intricately-shaped stone framework that holds it together.
Leading Lines
Posted on November 2, 2015
Leading lines could well be the first basic tool of composition that I picked up on and have stuck with ever since – to the extent that in many cases the leading lines are the image. Anyway, I seem to have plenty of them, of which these are a few – and, hopefully, varied – examples.
And finally, in a shameless attempt to earn a gold star, two images of curved leading lines
Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat
Posted on October 31, 2015
I’m a lucky man in so many ways that every day is a treat – especially when a new dawn comes over the fields like this.
Walkway
Posted on October 29, 2015
For this week’s challenge, here’s another image from the Burjuman Centre in Dubai, showing a section of the walkway on the top floor. The starburst effect on the lights is a real bonus here.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful
Posted on October 25, 2015
This glassblower on Murano knows that molten glass needs to be handled carefully, for aesthetic as well as safety reasons.
Still Life With Mushrooms
Posted on October 22, 2015
This is an image of a wooden sculpture of a group of mushrooms. It’s really cleverly done, as the individual mushrooms are detachable, and very tactile. The monochrome brings out the textures of the wood quite well, I think.
Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary
Posted on October 17, 2015
What could be more ordinary – banal, even – than a bubble? Yet, rather like snowflakes, every bubble is unique and therefore extraordinary.
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