Multiple Points

Here i took a sequence of images showing how i build up a still life image by adding and taking away 'points' to come up with a good composition. As a subject i used a CD as a background so that it was plain but still interesting and i used a straw to create droplets of water on the disk and create an interesting composition.

Below is the blow-by-blow sequence of the decisions i made.

Image One. Two drops.

Added another 2 and former a diamond shape. Attempted to keep lines straight to balance the curved lines of the disk.


Removed the bottom droplet. The diamond didn't look random enough.


Added more droplets at the top to fill the blackness and put 2 in the bottom left to lead into the main grouping.


Removed one droplet from bottom left because having 2 distracted too much and added another large droplet at the top of the frame for more attention and one more central to keep things balanced.


This is my final image. I removed all drops that i felt didn't add to the image and added one at the top to extend what i saw as a line developing. Below is an image in which i have drawn in what i think are the lines in this image. 1 appears to radiate from the centre of the disk like the colours and the other lines form a triangle where the eye seems to settle.