As suggested in the material, this was indeed a bit of a challenge to find naturally occurring situations where there are indeed two points in the frame only. Having seen many opportunities and not having been able to capture them, 2 butterflies dancing, 2 birds flying at perfect distances apart (this will teach me for not having my camera in hand all the time) I continued in my quest, looking at all available types of shots, then spending a day in the glorious sunshine in the garden with my children, bang 2 shots come at once!
Now I cannot be certain that these shots are what can be referred to as normally occurring to most people, but when examining them, these are normal occurrences in a household with kids, my household. Washing pegs being attacked and playfully thrown across the garden and toys being left were they were last played with, this to me is a natural occurrence in the same essence as seeing two boats on water as per the material.
The final image is our family cat, playing blissfully unaware I was going to use her eyes instead of a human face to show when tension is created having two equal points at equal distance from the centre.
Equipment used.
Camera: Canon 500D
Lenses: Canon 18mm-55mm, Tamron 70mm-300mm.
Settings and results.
Setting: Shutter Priority
Focal Length: 33mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 52.8mm
Shutter Speed: 1/80mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Flash: Not used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 200
White Balance: Manual
IMG: IMG6031
Setting: Shutter Priority
Focal Length: 39mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 62.3mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/5
Flash: Not used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 200
White Balance: Manual
IMG: IMG5427e
Setting: Manual
Focal Length: 55mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 87.7mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.6
Flash: Used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 400
White Balance: Manual
Findings and conclusion.
IMG6029 is made up by a discarded crocodile harmonica and a random weed growing in the garden. The eyes are drawn primarily to the crocodile, being the bigger point within the picture, however, one of the reasons I took this shot was the way the crocodile was facing the flower and seemed to be a little bit buried in the grass, almost ready to pounce. It is looking at the image and the crocodile that then leads the eye to the weed as I really don’t think the weed is overly visible on first glance due to its size and weak presence within the shot.
IMG6031, The pegs. This is clearly a shot that is dominated by the sheer size of the basket of pegs and the vibrant colours and textures it holds and due to its size it places the point near the centre of the image. The peg just ‘sitting’ at the side of the image, looking lost and forlorn, really grasps little attention from the eye, however it grasps enough that when I do look at it I just want to put my hand in the picture, pick it up and put it back in the basket, is that just me?
You can see the implied line in both shots, more so in the crocodile flower shot. It is much easier to show where the implied line is here, as the crocodile is facing almost perfectly the flower.
Finally IMG5427e, cats eyes. This is a shot of our family cat, however I can see that the composition is ever so slightly off centre as there is a little more space around her one side, however, this would not appear to detract from the strength of the image and indeed the look in her eyes, like she is ready to pounce. I think in this instance it indeed activates the image, brings her alive and gives you a sense of tension from her, I find myself really staring into her eyes, being absorbed almost back to when I shot the image.
Overall I am happy with this exercise and the results produced, it was a challenging exercise finding such subjects that will highlight the relationships between points clearly.
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