Lavender and Bee ………………………..400th
What is the proper placement of the subject in a composition? Some will tell you it should be on the one third intersections of the scene but I am here to say that the placement of the subject depends. It depends on the subject and the desire of the photographer. If the image consists of a symmetrical subject (see ‘The Courthouse July 8th) it is natural to center the illustration. There are times when placing the subject at extreme edges or corners adds drama to a composition.
This composition works very well because of the subject placement and the feeling of diagonal movement. This photo-artist has created a work with the subject in sharp focus while the rest of the scene is in blurred movement, quite unexpected. You would normally think of the bee moving and the terrestrial flowers stationary. It’ like we are seeing the world through the perspective of the insect.
The foreground flower is placed at a sixty degree angle which leads our eye naturally to the pollinating insect. The suggestion of motion in the blurred background is also at sixty degrees. This reinforces the feeling of movement. Note that the background behind the subject is simple without distractions. The photographer has also avoided starting the stem of the flower at the corner intersection.
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July 19th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
The lavender fields in Ojai are very nice. Next year the Lavender Festival is a must do. With the lavender comes the bees, many of them.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
A Gorgeous capture Roy!!!