Week Four work finally being completed!

I have just discovered this site on Pinterest!

http://www.cozyclicks.com/4-step-guide-shooting-manual-mode/#

Found it very useful to extent my limited knowledge.....

Another area of inspiration is the new catalogue from Stampin' Up which has just arrived - lots of photographs of cards and similar as well as comsumables and tools beautifully executed.

Composition and Design - week 4 work


I took this photo with a telephoto lens on Auto last week at Agfest. I have cropped it to create a greater sense of drama. I love the way the sheep is making a break for it and the dog is also covering the move as it is made. I tried to crop this so that there was a minimum of colour in the shot with the pop of black from the working dog. I tried to use the rule of thirds here with the two sheep still being controlled in the first third; the breakaway in the second; and the dog in the third. The legs are in repetition and the the gates behind add to this. The natural light makes it soft.

I found some triangles too

A friend of mine, Elaine,  is a very clever photographer and I have garnered three of her recent pieces to discuss here

I like this one because of the colours - fading to warm grey on a cold morning - and because we both come from the country and love the rural settings. I love the way the trees draw your eye down the road; and the squeeze effect caused by the openness of the top leaves to the tightness of the trunks moving you to the road surface. The line down the road also lead the eye to the beyond. The repetition of the vertical trunks and the fence posts gradually growing smaller into the distance also makes it a great photo. Lots of triangles in this shot too.

The point of interest shot - the background is blurred and all the focus is on the bee and the top of the flower. The bee's wings are so clearly defined too. She is busy stuffing her knees with pollen and not worrying about the camera centimeters from her nose. The subject is isolated and so the viewers eye is directed to the detail on the insect and the flower. You can see the individual hairs on her back and her knee joints. 

This one looks like a painting. It was taken on Cable Beach, Broome at sunset from a small plane. The way the shadows are painted to the sand and stretched out from the animals fascinates me and the colour is repeated in the sand above (below) the shadows. The pop of orange and yellow on the camels against the blue sand is amazing. I also like the way the camels themselves are almost indistinguishable except from the clarity of shape given to them by the shadows. There is repetition and there are patterns - the legs and the people in shadow sitting on the animals and rising sharply from their backs. The pattern is interrupted and uneven but there. The negative space is also important as it isolates the group in its surrounds. This is also such an unusual point of view being taken from high above the scene.