In this photo, I was trying to capture the essence of the bike trail. I did so by getting multiple elements all in one photo. These elements were the cyclist, the trail, and the sign for the East Coast Greenway trail. By not centering any of these items and employing the rule of thirds, I was able to have the focus be on all three pieces.
This photo also employs various techniques mentioned in class. The main technique is repetition. There are many canoes and they are arranged on the trailers which puts them in a nice order. However, this repetition is juxtaposed with the fact that they are not all the same color or shape. This makes the arrangement more interested and appealing.
Yes, you are correct, these photos do a very good job demonstrating the important techniques for photography! The framing, in particular is nice because both photos convey more than just one idea. For the biker, it's that he is indeed on a public bike trail and one that's apparently not that well traveled on some days...perhaps because it is late fall with leaves covering the ground. The canoe photo is a bit less interesting in content but good in framing given the variety of vertical stacking on the left border and horizontal stacking of the boats on the right. There is a hint of something that would have been good to feature. In the distance is a tree of color that obviously dropped its leaves. This suggests that the boats are being stored for a season, as winter approaches. The best explanatory photo, therefore, would have somehow incorporated FALL into the pic with the storage, sending an even stronger message.
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