For Black & White Sunday today, Paula has asked us to post diagonals. She has asked us “to think about the role of lines in photography and..Think how diagonals draw the eye of the viewer through the photograph and enhance perspective…”
Well, these images contain diagonals, and in the first image, I think we get a feeling of depth. However, my diagonals aren’t drawing the eye anywhere. I do have examples for that. But, dear reader, I just happen to like these images for their geometrical attributes. The abstract quality. So there!
Spotted from a canal boat in Copenhagen:
Spotted from a coach in Copenhagen:
Spot more diagonals over at Paula’s here.
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You certainly got the theme spot-on this week, Sue. The B&W worked very well too.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete! I felt all I was doing was taking snaps, but these two looked a bit likely…
I like their geometric qualities too, and just because they don’t necessarily lead the eye doesn’t mean they don’t lead the mind, which of course can be disturbing (but good, I think), stepping into a mysterious abstract domain.
Thanks, Tish, nicely put! Leading the mind is a Good Thing, and we need to do more of it….
Oh yes, great geometrics.
And a nice little peek at Copenhagen
And a peek is all it is! Glad you like these, Debbie!
They work really well Sue, especially the first
Thanks, Robin!
I like them, too, Sue. They lead the mind as well as the eye.
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Thank you, Janet!
Love both your amazing pics….
Thanks! Glad you like them 😀
Great images for the challenge, Sue. Made my eyes go ‘funny’. 🙂
Crikey, not good if they mess with your eyes, Sylvia!
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I have a fondness for geometric diagonals. The first one is very busy, but the second image is intriguing and great in B&W
The first one is, indeed, very busy (although I prefer to think ‘multi layered’!) The second passed me by until I revisited it in monochrome and realised it could work.
I quite like the first one and agree that it has depth. but the second is my favourite, its like an optical illusion!
And it was a grabbed shot through a coach window!
Two beauties. Was the coach window spectacularly clean or are you just a genius? Lovely clear precise shots.
The coach window was not spectacularly clean, but I wasn’t shooting into the light and I was focusing into the distance so that helps. Plus a bit of additional contrast in post-processing……no genius
How stupid I feel now for not seeing this 😀 Sorry, Sue, I spent weekend trying to figure out my new phone. But how could have I expected a double post for this! 🙂 Wow!
Paula, don’t feel stupid….I’ve given you post overload!
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Hi again. My sense of aesthetics agrees with yours. We don’t need depth all the time. You have a great eye, Sue, the heck you have two great eyes, and two gorgeous diagonal posts 😀
Thanks, Paula! Glad we are on the same page aesthetically 😀😀
Geometry and Abstract are two words that sit happily side by side. I, too, am a lover of geometry and both these images really appeal to me, Sue.
Why does that not surprise me, Andy? I did think of you and some of your London images when I saw one particular reflected image!
Ha! I must be getting predictable. Hope you enjoyed your break from the blogging world, Sue.
Yes, it’s good to take a break from time to time!
Well spotted this design appeals to my organising streak…
I was trying to aim for something a bit different, up to then I was only taking snaps…..
Excellent captures for the challenge Sue. I love it! 😀 ♥
Thank you!
You’re very welcome Sue. 😀
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I want to go to Copenhagen! And no, I don’t speak the language, before you ask 🙂 🙂 The first reminds me of a board game and I’m very taken with the second.
Well, that was a snap decision based on two images, Jo! Or perhaps it was already in your mind…. I can recommend a canal boat tour!
I’ve wanted to go since I was a little girl, Sue (if any of us can remember back that far 🙂 ) Tivoli Gardens and Hans Christian Anderson, and all that stuff.
Well, that second image was grabbed as we shot past the fence surrounding Tivoli……
Be still my beating heart 🙂
Oh, you do make me smile, Jo!
Mission accomplished. Will it get me a ticket to Copenhagen? 🙂
Sadly, the modern world runs on money…..a smile isn’t enough 😳
I’m an old fashioned girl. 😦 I’ll keep on trying 🙂
That’s the spirit, girl!