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When I was working as a professional photographer one of my specialties was industrial photography.  I shot a lot of products as well as people doing the manufacturing.  Welding was always fun to shoot because it could be so dramatic and at the same time easy to do.  By using a slightly slow shutter speed you could capture some dramatic images with all the sparks flying.

This photographer has captured the weld with the exploding drama of flying bits of molten metal.  Like fireworks they sparkle and pop. The overall exposure works for this particular shot.

I would like to make a couple of suggestions.  The point of our attention has been placed on the center of the layout.  This might work better if it was moved to the left and up so the sparks were emanating from the one third intersection of the composition.  I have found these shots become more interesting if the welder is show in the shot.  It helps the viewer understand what is happening and adds a little human interest.

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Graphics often are those features in a composition that lead the eye through to image to a point of interest.  Some common graphic elements are; diagonal lines, ‘S’ curves, vanishing points, etc.  These lines often take us to the subject but that is not always the case.

This photograph utilizes leading lines to take the viewer to a vanishing point some distance past the subjects however the eye is drown to the side lined freight containers as we move through to a tunnel of trees.  The strong horizontal bridge unites the two cars on the right with the series of cars on the left.  This is a very satisfying layout.

The photographer has found it desirable to alter the sky by replacing it with a graduated gray fill.  This is interesting but a little forced.  A second filter, perhaps sharpen, has been applied to the rest of the photograph.  This has worked very will with the surrealistic sky to give a feeling of trapped light, like the light is bouncing off the sky and earth. 

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The representation of the three dimensional world on a two dimensional surface is referred to as perspective.  It is what gives an image depth by using of diminishing relative sizes of objects in the scene.  A good example of bad perspective would be most drawings done by a second grade child.  To their eye the size of an object is proportional to the importance of the subject.  Therefore the people are larger than the house and the trees are smaller still.

This photograph is an excellent example of the use of two point perspective.  The the clear sky isolates the subject, the workers, without any distraction.  The strong leading line of the support arm takes our eye to the point where our subjects are located.  This is reinforced by the wires which cut through the image at a complementary angle to the boom arm thus trapping our eye on the workers.

The one suggestion I would make is if the photo-artist wanted to increase the feeling of height in the image it could be converted to a tight vertical.  This would have the advantage of eliminating the weight of the tree on the right side and give use a more concentrated composition.

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