For Your Pleasure: TEN C4: Let's widen our view and see where TEN's Chapter 4 leads us! S- Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 What To Do Next:

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Let's widen our view and see where TEN's Chapter 4 leads us! S-

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

What To Do Next:
- Read the fourth lesson Create Depth
- Carry out the Creative Exercise at the bottom of the lesson
- Select one of your images to post and discuss the questions
- This should be informal and interactive. So talk, talk, talk!
- Ill give a go ahead when were ready to move to the next lesson
- But feel free to cheat and read ahead if you want!

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

St3v3M wrote:

Let's widen our view and see where TEN's Chapter 4 leads us! S-

Just a graphic reminder that even when an image contains many cues to illusory depth perception, the effect of these can be further enhanced by use of the trapezoidal "perspective window".
In this example the effects of strong foreground detail ( bush at right ) and of the open space in which the most distant details are observed (at left) are enhanced by placement in the "short" and "tall" ends of the trapezoid, respectively.

Dave

Depth in Monument Valley

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Uuglypher wrote:

Just a graphic reminder...Dave

What a terrific example of how the trapezoid viewing window works!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

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The tunnel is used for vehicles to reach a small fishing pond. I waited for one to accommodate me, but alas, I was alone. Does it matter that you can't really tell scale?

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Infrared effect, Nik.

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Added my own focal point from another hops field :)

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minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Linda From Maine wrote:

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Beautiful Linda!

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

I confess I have not done the exercise yet, went out this morning to try but got caught in a rainstorm, and of course went Under The Dam where I could still shoot but where there was no way to alter perspective that I could tell. However, the last image below is from this morning, with an effort to use the Lighting part of this chapter, because the lighting under the dam is strange at best, and can be maneuvered to make the area appear larger or smaller than it is. Here, I was trying to create more depth in that illogical environment, don't know if it worked.

I've read the chapter and I'm headed to New Orleans tomorrow so may have a chance to complete the assignment there. Till then, I studied my own old files to identify some times that I used converging lines to create depth and focus.

at the Desire

fishing pier at sunrise

dam again

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

I really like the tunnel picture. The graffiti on the walls and the faint tire tracks give me the feeling that it is a substantial structure. I really like what you did with the hops field shot also. The worker really adds interest. Both have a strong feeling of depth.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

minniev wrote:

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Minnie, I love the fishing pier. It looks like it is floating on the mist. It also looks like it could be the boardwalk to heaven. Your UTD (under the dam) shot has a 3-D feel to me. It is not the same as shots with strong leading lines such as Linda's post and your pier shot, but it does have depth from the angle of your shot. Don't know if I am making any sense but I do feel it.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Carol and Minnie, thank you!

Minnie - your examples are all stellar - as usual :)

Here are two articles I found that give more samples and information on how to achieve depth:

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/creating-a-sense-of-depth-in-your-photos

http://contrastly.com/add-depth-to-your-photos/

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Linda From Maine wrote:

Carol and Minnie, thank you!

Minnie - your examples are all stellar - as usual :)

Here are two articles I found that give more samples and information on how to achieve depth:

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/creating-a-sense-of-depth-in-your-photos

http://contrastly.com/add-depth-to-your-photos/

Those are both very good articles. I believe layering is what I was seeing in Minnie's UTD picture but couldn't name. Also, when I went back to your hops shot I realized that it appears to be from a very low perspective which adds to the feeling of depth. I'm thinking this is going to be a very good chapter.

Andrea.Jarrell Loc: Mount Airy, NC

minniev wrote:

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All of these show great depth but to me the pier really jumps out Minnie. It really does look like it is going out into forever.

jgordon Loc: Boulder CO

We own two shaggy dogs. In the summer we need to get their hair cut back so they dont get uncomfortably hot and so last week I made one of my periodic pilgrimages to Loveland, CO, which is a town about 60 minutes away from where I live to visit the groomer who knows how to do this stuff. The grooming takes several hours so I spent the time having lunch, doing some reading and taking some images of the town -- with this assignment in mind.

I broke the rules of the assignment a little because I took more than 10 images but I had several hours to spend. I used a wide angle lens mostly, which I thought was in keeping with the assignment. I dont use the wide angle lens often, so it took me a while to kind of calibrate my eye for its use. Mostly, I had fun while I tried to inject some perspective into the images I took that day.

Some of the results are attached.

Tracks

Private Property

Skate Shop

Shake Well

Shapes

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

jgordon wrote:

...Some of the results are attached.

I like the first shot for the several leading lines and vanishing point. On FYC there have often been suggestions of flipping an image horizontally (Frank2013 is the king of this :) ) I tried it with this shot and it gives me an even greater sense of depth.

For me, there is something about the eye moving from left to right and all the points vanishing in that direction. It even makes the buildings more interesting and the overall scene feel more balanced. Just my brain's interpretation.

jgordon Loc: Boulder CO

Linda From Maine wrote:

I like the first shot for the several leading lines and vanishing point. On FYC there have often been suggestions of flipping an image horizontally (Frank2013 is the king of this :) ) I tried it with this shot and it gives me an even greater sense of depth.

For me, there is something about the eye moving from left to right and all the points vanishing in that direction. It even makes the buildings more interesting and the overall scene feel more balanced. Just my brain's interpretation.

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried the flip and I like that version as well.

RickH Loc: Toronto, Canada

jgordon wrote:

I broke the rules of the assignment a little because I took more than 10 images but I had several hours to spend. I used a wide angle lens mostly, which I thought was in keeping with the assignment. I dont use the wide angle lens often, so it took me a while to kind of calibrate my eye for its use. Mostly, I had fun while I tried to inject some perspective into the images I took that day.
Some of the results are attached.

I like the first and the final shot. The lines lead the eye beautifully in these and work to stress depth