Layer Cake
Feb 16, 2024 16:20:33 #
Taken in gray February, so these colors are greatly enhanced 
I hadn't heard the term "layer cake" until I joined UHH: a landscape scene where there is no leading line into the composition, only horizontal lines. What do you think? Are you blocked from entering here and roaming around? Do you think certain elements, such as close fencing, are worse and to be avoided? Is a distant landscape easier or more difficult to immerse yoursef?
Painted Landscape by Linda Shorey, on Flickr
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I hadn't heard the term "layer cake" until I joined UHH: a landscape scene where there is no leading line into the composition, only horizontal lines. What do you think? Are you blocked from entering here and roaming around? Do you think certain elements, such as close fencing, are worse and to be avoided? Is a distant landscape easier or more difficult to immerse yoursef?
Painted Landscape by Linda Shorey, on Flickr.
Feb 16, 2024 16:27:03 #
Haha, Thought you were referring to the California wine label.
Feb 16, 2024 18:00:36 #
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Feb 16, 2024 19:07:08 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Taken in gray February, so these colors are greatl... (show quote)
I guess I have finally come across the perfect photograph
A phenomenal composition, Linda 🥇🏆🥇Feb 16, 2024 19:18:59 #
Feb 16, 2024 20:19:34 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
I like it as-is. Sometimes those foreground items can be a positive element. Block them if necessary to eliminate a distraction. Otherwise, leave them in or block them as you see fit.
Feb 17, 2024 04:09:23 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
... a landscape scene where there is no leading line into the composition, only horizontal lines...
That is the antithesis of my preferred approach, which is to have clear channels or leading lines to lead the eye into the shot. The funny thing is, your approach works, at least in this instance.
But I think if we choose that approach we have our work cut out. There has to be enough interest in the scene to keep the viewers exploring the scene because the usual devices that draw the viewers' attention into the scene are lacking. The viewer has to work his/her way into the scene and there has to be enough interest to hold the viewer's attention as they progress deeper into the scene.
If I was looking for a preferred style I think I'd choose a safer option (in fact I think I already have
). But it's interesting to see successful examples that challenge the generally accepted guidelines.Feb 17, 2024 05:39:50 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Taken in gray February, so these colors are greatl... (show quote)
Linda I love this photo. Please post more. Beautiful part of the country. Thanks BE SAFE!!
'Tom
Feb 17, 2024 07:46:34 #
Feb 17, 2024 07:48:43 #
Many thanks to all for your observations and interest! R.G., the topography here, along with my lack of mobility, tend to limit channels and leading lines to an orchard row or a dirt road
Feb 17, 2024 07:58:17 #
We don't need no stinking leading lines to embrace this beautiful view. Just let it speak for itself.
Feb 17, 2024 08:03:23 #
alberio wrote:
Alrighty, then We don't need no stinking leading lines to embrace this beautiful view. Just let it speak for itself.
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Feb 17, 2024 09:03:36 #
This is beautiful. The "lines" across the frame aren''t barrier lines, like a fence. Fences say "keep out." Layers of different plants and/or colours can be entered, explored, and enjoyed. I don't know that it would always work, but in this case it certainly does.
Feb 17, 2024 09:07:34 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Thanks so much, Kathy. Excellent point about fences, though for me, that's more the substantial wooden board fences. For example, barbed wire fences are so common here, I often don't really notice them This is beautiful. The "lines" across the frame aren''t barrier lines, like a fence. Fences say "keep out." Layers of different plants and/or colours can be entered, explored, and enjoyed. I don't know that it would always work, but in this case it certainly does.
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