Project 27 - real and implied circles

The final shape under consideration was the circle. They were not very easy to find but the following are examples.

This shot of a young family walking along the promenade is much stronger, in my view, because of the circular 'inflatable' that the man is carrying which leaves us in no doubt as to their

destination! Taken with the Canon 18 - 55mm lens @ 34mm, f/4.5, 1/4000s shutter speed and ISO 400 (without tripod).

Secondly, this Nestlé sweet dispenser outside one of the cafés on the promenade would not have been so interesting were it not for the presence of the young woman indicated by its hand.

This was shot with the 18 - 55lens @27mm, f/11, shutter speed of 1/800s and ISO 400 (without tripod).

The third photograph has a circular shaped bush in the foreground and a footbridge crossing the river in Chiclana behind. I think that this makes the shot more interesting than 'just another bridge shot', although I couldn't say that the shape of the bush is particularly relevant, although pleasing.

The shot was taken at midday in bright sunshine (of course!), with the Tamron 18 - 270mm lens @39mm, f/11, shutter speed 1/400s and ISO 400 (without tripod).

As part of this project, we were asked to find at least 2 'implied' circular arrangements from the textbook. I think that there are several but I have chosen the following-

- Page 109, Paul Young "A Loving Couple" on the Sands, Yarmouth, taken in 1892 has the couple making a circular arrangement on the beach and the footmarks around them accentuates this.

- Page 187, Robert Capa's Spanish Civil War photograph "Loyalist soldiers find time while preparing for an attack to write letters; during the 1936-37 campaign" . The shape of the two soldiers in their trench makes a clear implied circle.

- Page 117, Albert Renger-Patzsch, "A Teazel" from his 1934 study of plant life.