Firstly my vertical lines
Trees growing tall and straight. I also like that the trees are reflected in the lake and the trees in the background are out of focus. As the trees are shown only in part, the vertical aspect is emphasised.
Support pole on a building site. There are horizontal lines around it, but the upright pole is clearly the main subject in this image.
The vertical pattern in a fence panel, together with the vertical fence post.
Vertical soldiers on a flight of stairs.
The trees give the natural vertical lines - the others are man-made.
My horizontal lines
The horizon which is probably the most obvious horizontal line in nature to photograph.
Breeze block wall - the blocks form a horizontal line across the frame. Your eye is drawn from side to side.
Wooden joists. The joists are photogrpahed in horizontal lines and the shadows add more horizontal lines to the image.
Stairs giving horizontal lines to this image.
When shooting this project I became incresingly aware of the lines around us. I found it easier to find vertical lines to shoot; tall buildings, people, bus stops, trees etc. I particularly like the lines created by the contrast in light as shown in the phot of the wooden joists above. I also like the direction and movement implied by lines, for example in the photo of trees above, your eye moves along the height of the trees. I was also intrigued how a line of verticals can equal a horizontal line as in the photo above of the stair soldiers. Your eye moves up and down the soldiers but also horizontally along the line.
I intend to return to this project at a later date when I have a bigger collection of photos, as I enjoyed looking at the way the different orientation of lines within an image works.
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