Monday, 24 January 2011

Exercise: Horizontal & Vertical

Horizontal and Vertical lines are the simplest of lines, they tend to induce feelings of stability in an image.  They are all around us, sometimes very obvious, other times, not so.  Firstly, here is my selection of

Horizontal




                                          Shutter  1/100 .... f 7.1 ....  ISO 400

This beautiful building, the houses of parliament, make my first horizontal picture.  It fits the frame with the boat just breaking the water of the Thames, and set against an very rain filled sky.


                                          Shutter 1/125 ....f 8 .....ISO 400

This was taken on the pedestrian bridge at Embankment, These are the horizontal barriers, with the London view beyond.


Shutter 1/60 .... f 5.6 ..... ISO400 

The numerous bridges in London are all beautiful and i have used this for horizontal, but I could have used it for curves or even pattern.

                                                    Shutter 1/60....  f 4.0 ..... ISO 400

At Borough Market amongst the stalls, above was a strong iron Horizontal structure, here painted yellow.


Vertical 

The weather was closing in, but I liked how this photograph turned out, showing the vertical lines in the shadows.  A little on the dark side, but dramatic, with London just beginning to turn its lights on in the distance.

                                         Shutter 1/60 ..... f 5 ..... ISO 400


                                         Shutter 1/60 .... f 5.6 .... ISO 400

The very strong design here could be either horizontal or vertical, I have chosen it to be vertical as I feel this is the stronger element.  They are good colours too.


                                         Shutter 1/60 ...... f 8 .....ISO 400

Here is a line of beautiful, vertical, lamp posts, disappearing into the distance.  This would have looked nice against a blue sky, but hey this is January !!! I did get soaked shortly after this shot.

                                         Shutter 1/200 ...... f 5.6 ..... ISO 400

I went to the Tate Britain to see the Eadweard Muybridge exhibition, and the building here has these wonderful pillars, what an impressive entrance.

and just one more, I like this photo as you don't always see four phone boxes together, four verticals.


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