Project: Leading Lines and Symmetry & Balance

Majesty Palms

These are located in my neighbors' backyard. Quite nice trees, aren't they? They stand maybe 60 feet tall, towering over our two yards.

They also proved to be quite a dandy representation of symmetry (VLS).

Between a Bush and a Hard Place - this is the space between the raspberry bushes and wall in my backyard. This picture demonstrates some asymmetry between the pale grey color of the wall and the dying brown of the bushes; and the "lines" - or rather - planes of the wall and trellis lead your eyes to the end of the space, filled with more bushes. I like this picture :)

Past The Wall - This is also in my backyard. Well, it's the dividing wall between mine and my neighbors (the ones with the Majestic Palm trees). There is definitely asymmetry between the contents of our two yards. There are two focal points: One of the raspberry branches reaching over the top of the stone; and the other looking beyond the far end of the wall towards the... vast... panoramic... countryside ;) . Therefore the name: Past The Wall. 

 Bumper Chairs!

These stacks of chairs you may find in my backyard. They are actually clean because I had to wash them for some event. The main "leading lines" in this photo aren't really lines at all; they are the directions that the chair stacks are facing. They are opposing one another at right angles, giving the feeling of conflict.

Dead or Alive
In my front yard there are these two small bushes. One is thriving, the other is not doing so great - somewhat asymmetrical.

Ha-ha.

You're probably wondering what in the wide world could have inspired a laugh to be the title of a picture of a bathroom faucet. Well, even though it doesn't look like it, both the Hot and Cold handles are "on". My grandfather once "fixed" the Cold handle (on the right), but he fixed it backwards, so I have to push it towards the back wall to use the cold water. That's why I laugh; and this asymmetry reminds me of it. I wish I had set the Hot handle at a more pronounced angle, though.

Lopped Off

Behind my neighbor's gate is the shortened trunk of what was a tree. All of the branches are sawed.

The straight line of the house's shadow lead your eyes through the area of the gate. I suppose the gate seems like the natural focus of the picture, but I thought that might make an interesting change to the norm, because it forces the viewer to search for the correct subject, while it still is where it is supposed to be. Make sense?

P.s. photography is quite amazing.