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I decided to keep this exercise simple, as there was soya bean milk carton floating in the sea.

Even with such a simple subject my brain switched to the rule of thirds; the shot where the carton is in the centre feels wrong to me, there is nothing for my brain to process or eyes to follow. When the object is in the bottom left or right third there is a much more balance, my brain has something to process.

2)

Placing the point in relationship to the frame  – the image below is most pleasing to my sense of composition.

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I have used the top of the railing to add depth to the shot. The image mainly just a close shot of the fence; however, the railing draws you in past the boat to the bridge in the background.

Here I have placed the rail at an angle, to give a sense that things carry on outside the shot

I have framed the shot so that the bridge stretches from the top corner drawing the viewer to the other side of the water.

Here the lines lead the viewer to “catch up: the man as he is walking.

Here, while the image is mainly just bricking, the angles and diagonals draw the eyes around the picture.

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In this images, the lines disguise the shapes of the building – flattening the image.

In the above image, the lines bring all the elements together, as a flat image when fact they are all spaced vastly apart.

In the picture above the lines act as a barrier, stopping the eyes from looking through to people sitting having coffee.

I have found this is an interesting exercise, making me think about using diagonals and perpendicular lines in the composition. I have often had used diagonals in shots to add depth, but I had never actually stopped to consider how vertical lines can remove depth from the picture.

Lines draw you eye very quickly when you look at an image; and I have used somewhat bland pictures here, to stress how that happen. As a photographer, you need to be aware that if you do have strong leading lines in an image that they take the viewer on a journey – not straight out of the image.

With, my trusty 5D3 in my hands, I put it into P (programme) mode – very odd feeling to be shooting with anything other than Av (aperture priority) and set out to tackle some exercises

Today there was a slight breeze while walking along the promenade close to where I live. So when I saw a privet shoot moving gentlIy in the breeze, I knew that was my subject – it might not be the most exciting, but served a purpose

If you look closely at the six shots, you can see a tiny amount of left to right movement.

Moreover, the same with the histogram just tiny variation.