This photo challenge is about compositional balance. It is about arranging the major elements in your image so that they have equal visual weight. There are several ways to achieve this in your photography. Such as a balance between bright and dark. You can use symmetry or try asymmetrical balance. With strong subjects the rule of thirds can achieve balance between the subject and its environment. There are many creative possibilities. For inspiration click here.
I used one of the inspiration ideas.
And with dramatic LED strip lighting from below.
Here is another variation. Used a very dim floodlight and a strip of colour LED’s below the cameras view. I got this “misty” look.
balance between the warm and cool colours , asymmetric
ISO 800 80mm f4.5 1/1000
balance between the trees and the slope ,
f4.5 1/1000 ISO 800 80mm
taken in Death Valley a number of years ago. Balance left and right with road division and top and bottom with background and foreground. f11 @1/400, iso 125, 300mm
Taken on the main library. I think one might call it asymetric balance
f/8, 1/250, iso360
Taken on Glenbow Ranch with my cell phone. Color balance between the brown land and the water and sky
Gatineau Park, Quebec viewpoint. Taken with iPhone camera. Horizontal and vertical balance as well as colour balance between the green and orange?
Gatineau Park hiking trail – horizontal and colour balance.
A humans being able to physically balance.
As you can see this guy really enjoys being a part of the River Park tree decorating group.
Urban development balanced with nature. South end of River Park observation.
Volunteer on the photography crew for The Calgary Folk Festival. Picture taken Nov 15. Jake Vadelaand and The Sturgeon River Boys
1/250s, f5.0, ISO 5000. RF100-500 at 176mm on Canon R5.
The biggest challenge at Festival Hall is to find a fast enough shutter to catch any motion on stage. The hall is very dark so a high ISO of 5000 was used. Edited in LR. After selection, I denoised the group of photos and edited. White balance is a challenge and the set point was the stand for the main microphone which was white.
looking thru the tunnel under 14th street
balance of two
The balance assignment was tricker than I thought as it often comes naturally. These endangered green sea turtles (Honu) come every afternoon like clockwork to Ho’okipa Beach on the north shore of Maui. Visitors often miss them as they are taken for the boulders scattered on the beach. Hence the boulders and sea turtles in balance. This was taken with my 300 lens using my bird in flight setting to capture the waves and turtle movement. F/8, 1/2500 sec, ISO 500.
This is a Pandanus tree – or fake pineapple tree. I liked the uniformed shape and that it strikes a balance with the size and surrounded by green foliage. This was taken at Pearl Harbor. Lens 18-135, F5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO 160
Taken while it was snowing yesterday. My eccentric introvert neighbour across the street. Maybe tonal balance? White snow, green/dark indoors. Indoor vs. outdoor nature? Not sure. The indoor plants look as if they’re trying to escape to join the outdoor ones.
ISO 400, 40 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 s
My grandson taking a balancing pose while trying out game of bocci for the first time two weeks ago. Frame heavily cropped and image edited in LR5. F/4; 1/60 sec. ISO 400 at 44 mm
A phonograph tone arm is the quintessential example of an exquisite balancing challenge between putting just enough pressure on the vinyl so the needle stays in the grooves but ideally glides just above its surface. I used an incandescent 60w light bulb aimed at the side of the wood cabinet in which the phonograph sits to achieve the resultant reflected amber lighting. Camera on tripod, f/2.8, 8 sec., ISO 100 at 70 mm