This week Patti has given us the Lens-Artists-Photo- Challenge of Focus on the Subject. And not only that! Patti has also given us the different ways we can encourage the viewer to focus on our subject.
- Leading lines or repeating patterns.
2. Selective focus.
3. Color
4. Contrast or focusing on eyes.
5. Freezing the action
6. Framing with arches, windows circles.
Thank you for this challenge Patti. First of all ,it gave me a chance to go through the archives and see what I had that might fit this challenge. Second, it made me think about the idea of how to guide a viewers eyes to focus on the subject of my photos.
Click here to see Patti’s original post and find links to other responses.
Beautiful photos!! I love the idea of using a window as a frame
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Thank you!
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Wonderful selection for the theme, Anne.
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Thank you Rupali!
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A beautiful collection of photos showing all sorts of focus perspectives, Anne! Well done!
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Thank you so much Terri!
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#5 Horse and rider going over the fence is a classic image. Horse is focused on what is in front of them, while their rider is looking 2-3 fences ahead. I have many of this kind of image in my archives. 🙂
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I’m sure you do! It’s nice to have these photos.
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Yes I remember some of the photos here, but I really like it to enjoy it with new theme. Photography has so much in it, you are making the subject photography broader 🙂
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Thank you Subbashini. I did include some photos from our visits to England for this challenge.
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Beautifully done Anne. Not surprising that you’ve captured the action perfectly as well as focused on the eyes as your horse photography is always wonderful. In this set I especially loved the colorful Kew gardens image!
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Thank you Tina. The Chihuly exhibition at Kew was a real delight for me.
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Chihuly exhibit Kew Gardens is fascinating. I love the photo of the horse leaping over the fence too!
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Love all the photos. Windsor is magnificent.
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It was just so lucky I got the shot with the airplane heading to Heathrow right overhead.
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Amazing
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Beautiful series, Anne. The horse eye is stunning! I love the bridge capture, beautifully captured.
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Thank you so much Amy!
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Excellent choices, Anne, but that armoured horse would scare me to death If I had walked that corridor a foggy day…
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HaHa! Yes it would be scary. Thanks for leaving a comment Ann-Christine!
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Beautiful images Anne, I especially love the way you captured the Albert Bridge with those gorgeous twilight colours in the sky xxx
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Thank you Xenia. I love that photo too and wish I pull just walk along the Battersea embankment and see it again.
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Lovely collection, Anne, which highlight the techniques to lead viewers to the subject of our photos. Your shots of horses are gorgeous, as always. I love their wonderful brown eyes. So expressive. Your action shots are fabulous as well. Take care. I hope all’s well.
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Thank you Patti. I thought I had replied to you earlier on my phone but it does not seem to have materialized. I really did enjoy this challenge as it taught me the various elements that go into leading the viewer to focus on the subject. We are all well here and I hope the same for you.
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So far, so good. Thanks, Anne.
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All of your content is just amazing 🙂
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Hi Anne – Excellent shots, and good illustrations of the point. Is the horse in the “wheee” shot clearing four feet? That must be a complete rush to jump a four-rail fence like that!
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Yes that was a Grand Prix class and it would have been 4 ft . It is a rush but on the day I went I thought it would be great to go back to the jumper classes. Then the first horse refused out. The fourth horse ran out of one fence and dumped his rider head first into the fence. So then I remembered that jumping is prone to the unexpected as well as the rush. 🤣
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I guess so! 🤕
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Beautiful photos Anne! You’ve chosen the perfect matches 😉
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Thank you Ribana. It was a fun challenge this week!
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Great selections all. That armored horse looks like it could come down the hallway.
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Yes it does! Thank you for commenting!
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