composition

I use a canon 550D camera and the lens I used for all of these is a 15-55mm

 This is my frame within a frame .  1/100 Fx4.5 ISO 200 focal length 29

The task this week was to look at composition and to take pictures which demonstrate some of the aspects relating to composition.  the above was colour.  it works because of the vibrant colours against the dark background.  this was iso 800 f5.6 and flash.

 This was originally colour.  I would like to take the credit for turning into black and white but cant that was Marie.  It was taken through a window and the gentleman was behind me.  this was ISO 400 F4 1/4.  I like the ghostly feel the reflection of the gentleman gives

This again was colour, a red carpet.  however it works very well in black and white.  The contrast and the  leading lines along with reflection in the window make it so it looks like 3 levels and not 2  This was using F4 1/13 ISO 800

This is a work in progress.  it was taken on holiday in germany and is collection of traditional buildings.  Although it works well I may play with moving some of the individual pictures around  to see how that works.

this was taken F5.6, shutter speed 0.6 ISO 800 55mm.  This just about fulfils the rule of thirds, but what I like is the effect of the street lights which you can't see in the trees.  The golden colour is more due to the settings of the camera than reality but I love the golden effect.  It may have been improved by been fractionally lower and cutting out some of the floor and start at the base of the first pillar and having slightly more tree.

This is my example of texture but also angle.  It was taken directly over head and the colours add to the effect.  Had I set the aperture higher and softened the background instead of having it in focus it may have beeb more effective.  It was taken at 1/10, F 5.6 ISO 800 55mm length

I tried converting this to black and white but it didn't work as well.  This lines again.  but also light.
1/30, F4 ISO 800 28mm length

This was going to be my focus example but it wont work even with editing however I liked the contrast of the tones as it is.  1/200 25 ISO 100 and flash

the final 2 bits are shadows and soft focus.  The soft focus I don't seem able to achieve.  This is the nearest I got

this is Fx 10 ISO 800 0.3 and focal length 39. ok picture but not really the effect

Had I been able to rig up a white back drop this would have been better as it was it was my dining room wall.  but it was fun to do.  0.3 speed Fx 4.5 ISO 800 36mm.