Curves

Like diagonals, curves can help create an illusion of motion in an image. Again i wanted to give motion to subjects that were fairly still to see how far the effect could go.

This cup holder was full of curves and circles. The rims of the cups here seemed to give a slightly liquid feel to the composition and by cutting off the edges of the rims, they were stopped from being complete circles in which the eye would get stuck.



This wall looked very organic with the smooth curve it had when viewed from this angle. It had a sense of motion on it draws the eye right down it's length. I used a shallow DOF here to add some interest and some mystery. For me, the snake like wall has the best illusion of motion i have created.

Here i used a similar angle to that of the wall shot but with a different subject. The subtle curve of the railing sat well with me and the people passing just fill up the shot. The eye is lead into the shot from the bottom left and i think it settles on the leaning man.


Here again my subject was a basket lid (baskets seem to have become my favourite subject as of late) simply because it had literally no straight lines at all. Everything about the basket was extremely organic and fluid. It gave a very rural, natural feel to the image.