Paula’s black and white Sunday this week is all about Composition. The way we consider a subject before pressing the shutter is very important.
“the art of arranging all the elements in your frame in an aesthetically pleasing way”
This is an India Ink version of a photograph of my eldest grandson just about to jump down from a granite stone gate post. I have used the ‘rules of thirds‘ to position the figure on the lower left-hand side of the image so that he is seen to be jumping into space. I like how I managed to capture him with his legs bent freezing the moment he is about to leap. I also like the spires of the foxgloves piercing the blank sky. I don’t particularly like the way the cloud on the left appears using this effect, but I have left it in because on reflection it rather looks as though a swarm of midges is heading his way and he is trying to out run them!
TRAVEL WORDS 
Nice one, Jude!
Thanks Sue 🙂
Works well as a swarm shot, Jude. I was thinking something bigger though, perhaps bees!
Pegards as always, Pete. x
yes they are rather large for midges!
Very large midges!!! Composition is brilliant
Attack of the giant midges? 🙂
Wow! this is such a brilliant silhouette image, Jude. It really tells a story.
Great! I love black and white photographs!
Good grief, I though you actually meant it for a minute and that they were bees!
Ah, no, just a wisp of a cloud converted. It was almost sundown and the original photo was quite uninspiring, but I loved the action shot.
I love everything about this, including the unintended swarm.
Thanks Tish. It was rather a hasty shot as he was about to jump down.
Always the way with boys!
Wow! How many grandkids do you have, Jude? 🙂
At the latest count I have 7 grandchildren Paula. Eldest is 18 and lives in Canberra, Australia; youngest is nearly 4 months and lives in Perth Australia. I have 4 in this country and this one is the eldest here (14). I have four children and started very young!
🙂 You will never be lonely
Well, the boys are pretty useless at keeping in touch, my daughter co-ordinates everyone!
How old are your kids?
Between 34 and 41 – I know – it seems impossible to me too as I am only 25 (in my head) 🙂
😆
Good grief! Jump faster, young man! 🙂 🙂 Clever stuff, Jude. I just thought of one of mine that would make a good subject for this challenge. I’ll see if you can spot it later. 🙂 Happy Monday! Walk’s cancelled. (real, not virtual 🙂 ) Inclement weather.
Bit grey here yesterday, but no rain and today was lovely until the evening when the cloud appeared out of nowhere! But I got a lot done in the garden so that’s good 🙂 I need to get out more too, been an odd sort of month.
Perfect in black and white!
Thank you. The original wasn’t great as the light was fading, but I liked the look of this shot.