Composition

For this photo, which emphasized composition, we were supposed to take a visually pleasing photograph of a place, and then take 4, also visually pleasing photographs within the area that we took the first photograph. All of the photos were taken in Lapham Peak State park at one small lake.

This is the photo which encompasses the scene. I chose the tree in the foreground and it's location because it makes a great natural framing on the left and top of the photo; the tree also catches the eye at the left, and draws the eye, using leading lines along the thin branch, so the eye can then look at the lake beyond.

This photo is a nice use of depth of field, keeping the foreground in focus, and putting the background out of focus, so that the emphasis stays on the beautiful red leaves and the texture on the trunk in the foreground.

This one is also a use of natural framing, with the tree trunks on either side of the picture; their leaning into the picture bring the eye further into the middle at the lake.

This picture was taken very close to the ground, again using a shallow depth of focus to emphasize the pretty leaves and berries. I used this angle specifically so the leaves could be shown against the lake to avoid an overly busy background.

This picture also includes ivy on a tree trunk, but I wanted to keep the whole picture in focus to show the lake as the focus, especially as there was a family across the lake, and the little girl's bright blue shirt balanced the rest of the picture nicely.