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Here I tried to emphasise vertical lines:

I find the gap between the columns a bit distracting, so I stepped closer to them:

Next I tried to cropping tighter:

 

And lastly, stepping back again but including a glimpse of Queen Victoria's statue and some figures in the background:

 

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I wanted to create a really clean, simple, design with theses spheres in Victoria Square, Birmingham, but found it difficult to avoid distracting details:

Spheres 1

Next I tried to isolate and emphasise one of the spheres but still show it in context of the others:

Spheres 2

Again though fussy details at the top of the image I find distracting, this next example with a shallow depth of field perhaps works better:

Spheres 3

I think what also works better in this third shot is that by cropping less tightly on the nearest sphere, it actually seems to isolate it more.

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Another trip to Birmingham this morning:

 

Curves 1

 

Trying to capture some 'curves', the above shot seems 'ok', but not quite right. I had included the drain cover in the top right to add a little interest, but I'm not sure that works. On the next one I missed the shadow of the passing pedestrian at the top left which is a bit distracting:

Curves 2

The next one works better, I think because the two lighter curves are more tightly anchored into the lower corners and lead the eye in:

Curves 3

By changing position so that the camera was pointing down, the same curved block work becomes more diagonal:

Diagonal

Depth of Field

An exercise from the course, all these pictures of a sign on a curved wall were shot at f/1.4 on a crop sensor (APS-C) digital camera:

Focus on 'T'

 

Focus on the 'R' in Windsor



Focus on 'W'

 I prefer the first one - it seems to stand out more than the others.

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Another example to illustrate rhythm (or is it pattern?!):

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Another shot from my first attempts of street details, here trying to shoot a combination of vertical and horizontal lines:

Perhaps a little too literal or 'deadpan'? Still, I like it, I think because the slightly bluish hue of the white-washed glass goes well with the packing tape. Also the random-ness of swirls of white-wash contrasts with the regularity of the window frame.

May be this blacked-out window is a better example:

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I decided to take 'street details' as the subject for my second assignment, 'Elements of Design'. Here's some shots from my first attempts:

 

I was trying to create an implied triangle here, but I think my earlier shot was more successful:



I think this works better as the 3 darker blocks create a second triangle shape, as does the group in the upper right corner: