Having practiced points, we move on to lines. The brief is to produce four images each (horizontal and vertical) in which the predominant feature is line, or as Freeman says, in which the content is subordinate to the line.
Freeman asks that we mix it up and not take too many photos of the same kind. The challenge for me was finding subjects that were not buildings. Living in a city of high rises, these kinds of lines predominate.
Freeman asks that we write notes to describe how the appearance of each line was created. I think most of them are fairly obvious and need little explication. As indicated at the outset of Part Two, all photos have been modified to black and white to accentuate elements other than color.
Vertical
Horizontal
After looking through my photos I found that I had far more examples of vertical than horizontal. Freeman suggests that horizontals, associated with the horizon, tend to suggest weight and stability, whereas verticals "have more of a sense of movement and of confronting the viewer." Perhaps just this effect drew me more toward vertical lines.
Here are a couple more horizontal images from a recent weekend trip to Musandam.
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