This week John (Journeys with Johnbo) invites us to focus on some photography basics: Shape, Form, Texture, and Light. Below is a favorite shot of shapes. Although the Astoria-Megler Bridge is a three dimensional structure, the pattern of the steel grid-work is all about geometrical forms. It is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.
Below, are three examples of life forms in their element: Western Swallowtail Butterfly, Camelia blossom, and Mature Bald Eagle in flight.
There are times I take a picture and wonder if I will be the only person who finds it interesting! Generally these are photos of bits of nature that call out to me visually with their texture and the mood that it creates. Below a piece of drifted wood on the beach, some gauzy mossy growth in a dry forest, and a pattern the receding ocean left in beach sand.
The final compositional tool John invites us to feature is light and shadow. Below, the sun is drifting into the west, as Cirrus clouds filter the light, and the Pacific Ocean waves reflect its glow. Distance fog shrouds North Head, and radiates white along the southern horizon
Lindy Low LeCoq 