Project 21 - diagonals

Having looked at both horizontal and vertical lines, this project was about 'diagonals'.

My first example was taken along the riverside in Chiclana de la Frontera and, taken from this angle, the wall forms a very strong diagonal. This may have been even stronger had the wall gone from bottom left to top right rather than the other way around. The shot was taken with my Canon 1000D SLR, using the Canon 18 - 55 lens @36mm, f/22, 1/50s and ISO 400.

Secondly, this row of small boats at Sancti Petri port forms an interesting diagonal as does the pier at the top. For this shot I used the Tamron 18 - 270 lens @109mm, f/5.6, 1/2500s, ISO 400.

For the third photo, I went to Chiclana indoor market for this shot of a market stall from above and at an angle. The diagonal formed by the fruit stall and the line of waiting customers is very pleasing. Taken using the Canon 18 - 55 lens @ 37mm, f/4.5, 1/400s and ISO 800.

Finally, I have to admit that I was considering my final shot under the 'vertical' category but the more I looked at it the more obvious it was that the diagonals were much stronger with the shape of the roof and the direction of the wooden struts, the railings on the right-hand side, the

bench on the left and even the apparent diagonals formed by the shadows on the vertical metal supports. They all take the eye into the centre of the frame. This photo was taken using a tripod, Tamron 18 - 270 lens @55mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 and 1/500s.