Primarily, I wanted to focus on taking pictures of the organic and man-made shapes that existed around the school campus. This photograph in particular featured heavily with man-made shapes; such as the caution cone, the concrete bridge, the metal handrails, and the portables looming in the background.
I really liked the tunneled perspective shooting through the drainage pipe produced, in addition to the stark contrast in lighting. The beginning of the pipe was grey and cast in shadow, while the end of the pipe was green (because of the plant growing there) and almost completely illuminated.
The principle of line is the prominent feature in this photograph; the lines of the chain-link extending in a downward diagonal line through the top left of the picture, the lines of the actual metal bleachers protruding horizontally from the bottom left corner, and finally the vertical fence posts marching into the background. All of these lines add to the movement of the viewers eye throughout the photograph.
I wanted to capture the texture of the asphalt--with the uneven pebbled surface--as well as the spiny, frond-like texture of the yellow weeds growing. To best capture both of these textures, I set the camera down on the ground, as a parody of the worms' eye view perspective.
The rows of sprinklers in the baseball field really created a sense of repetition in the photograph, and a sense of unity. This is further emphasized by the vertical fence posts that exist in the background.
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