19 May 2011

Horizontal and Vertical lines

The exercise is to locate and photograph specific examples of horizontal and vertical lines.


The images are set out below with appropriate captions, four horizontal ones first:

A trail path sign in the Carpathian mountains. It demonstrates horizontal lines painted over some natural vertical lines in the bark of the tree. The creation is deliberate to help walkers find their way. This is an alternative to the subject suggestions in the notes

A pile of logs in rural Romania as a row of objects at the same distance from the camera. The rounded piece had no obvious function but served to break up the obvious lines. 

A man-made object - the horizontal appearance is due to the nature of the towel rail. The light helps to add some depth to the image. This image incorporates another horizontal effect in the tiles.

In a way the most interesting image, this is the effect of raking a golf bunker. The lined effect is emphasised by the shadows created by the ridges. This is not one of the suggestions in the notes and of course could equally be used to demonstrate vertical lines.
Trees are probably the most obvious subject for vertical lines - this is a silver birch forest in Carpathian mountains. I chose an image that looked downhill to add interest while retaining the strong vertical emphasis.

Roads are another example included in the notes - interestingly this image could be used to demonstrate diagonals due to the perspective effect - there is strong sense of movement notwithstanding the absence of vehicles.

This is different subject from that suggested in the notes. A single vertical line dominates the photograph - the clouds provide a base for the image.

A more classic vertical subject this image combines the man-made posts and lines of the building structure with more natural verticals from the trees

In this exercise I located several examples of horizontal and vertical lines, both natural and man-made.