Diagonal
Following from my horizon(tal) series, which I will likely return to, is the real reason I went out to shoot in the fog. I had been noticing how often there were strong diagonal lines in my photos – see this link for the ones just from this year which show up in my featured image for numerous blogs. I did not go back and categorize earlier years, but my impression is that there is a trend towards more diagonal compositions. And until this shoot, it was not deliberate.
This observation gave me a purpose when venturing into the fog – to take pictures with my camera tilted, and I only became distracted by the nice horizontal lines of the horizon, and of the railing that I have been showing for a week.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO800, f11, 1/500th Processed in Lightroom 4 and Topaz B&WEffects.
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I really like your minimal pictures. They should work great as wallpapers, also.
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Hi klaasp, and welcome to my blog. Thanks for the comment. They would make good wall paper. I will have to try that out.
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Comes as a bit of surprise to see one of these tilted on the diagonal. I love diagonals, some of my images are the proof of that. This approach certainly works and adds tension but I’m still going to have to say that I really liked the line horizontal better, which I feel strange saying. I guess I’m still influenced by Rothko and other similar artists.
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Thanks Andy. As I just mentioned in my reply to Ken, I am not as happy with these as with the horizontal ones. I will post some diagonals since I have prepared them and some have some merit. But when I go back to that railing with the camera, I will be mostly shooting horizontal shots.
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They say that diagonal lines create some tension and interest into compositions. It’s a good trick to have in your bag.
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Thanks Ken. I think it has crept into my bag without noticing. I thought it would be interesting to be more conscious and try to manipulate it. However, I am not as satisfied with these ones as the horizontal ones, which might mean I need to learn more about the correct angles for the diagonals, and so on.
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Wonderful abstract, Ehpem! I use the idea of a diagonal line when I teach composing – a lot of my students are visual thinkers and they immediately grasp the power and dynamics of diagonals and start to think how to bring that movement into their music.
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Hi Lynn – it is interesting to hear how diagonals come into your teaching. That is a connection I would never have made!
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