Project 21 - Diagonals

For this project I had to take 4 photos which use diagonals "strongly".  As you will see, I produced more than 4 photos !

This is of a honeysuckle flower.  The main part of the flower is quite vertical, but the open flower leads off on a diagonal to the top right of the frame.  I particularly like this one as the eye is directed strongly off to that corner.

                               

This is a photo of a 'plane at a local airshow taken in June this year.  The pilot had put his smoke on and the movement is implied from the bottom right to the top left.  The smoke leads the eye to the 'plane and the 'plane directs the eye beyond.  There is enough space in front of the 'plane in this image for the 'plane to move into, and that makes for a pleasing composition.

                                              

This is a photo of the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team taken at a show near here in July this year.  The team is forming a lovely diagonal across the frame and the movement is from top to bottom.

                                       

This is my older son at the top of the CN Tower in Toronto Canada, taken in June 2008.  The window frame is making a diagonal in the photo and is mirrored by my son's posture.  Your eye is led upwards along the length of the diagonals.

                                

This is the staircase at my house and the banisters and foot rails are making opposing diagonals across the frame.  This is quite a "busy" image and the eye moves constantly around the frame.

                                   

This is a photo showing the window detail of a building in Montreal, Canada.  It is similar to the example in the coursework of the balconies, showing the "powerful and diagonal effect by compression and repetition" by shooting using a telephoto lens at an angle to the building (as I was at ground level).  I have included it in this project because of its similarity to the one in the coursework.

I enjoyed this project, I find the use of diagonal lines in photography can give a stronger photo with more impact.  They can imply movement and cause the viewer's eye to move around the frame easily as they give direction.