Sunday 29 August 2010

OCA Course: Elements of Design: Diagonals.


Diagonals: I found this exercise much easier than the previous one, as the manual suggests.

1. Stables, Bochum, Germany. EOS 33 film camera, 17-40mm zoom lens. No exposure details. Scaned from a greyscale negative. Not quite a diagonal cutting the image across the centre, but strong diagonals nevertheless. My daughter lives in Germany and rides Dressage. There are many equestrian establishments in the Rhur Valley.


2. A similar image to 1., and the same details, but cropped as a square with the diagonal through the centre.


3. Pine Trees. Canon EOS 1D Mk111, 17-40mm zoom at 17mm, with the camera tilted to create the diagonal view. 1/160sec. @ F5.6, ISO 200.


4. Fylingdales Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station. Canon EOS 1D Mk111, 28-135mm zoom, 1/50sec. @ F8, ISO 100. The path and valley over the moors form a diagonal leading to the "pyramid" (which replaced the famous "golfballs"). One doesn't hang around here too long with a camera!


5. Derelict Windmill, Norfolk. Canon EOS 40D, 17-40mm zoom, 1/800sec. @ F7.1, ISO 200. A strong diagonal from the sail spar.

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