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52-7-32- Perspective - Vanishing Point
Posted By: scomatic, 09-01-2015, 02:19 AM

PROJECT 52-7-32- Perspective - Vanishing Point

Images for Project 52-7-32 are to be taken between the 01 September 2015 Tuesday and 08 September 2015.

Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques
with fellow Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-7 thread for the week. Explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non Pentax cameras are allowed.Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot,
Medium Format, et cetera.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable. You may request to submit a photo outside of the time frame, but its
acceptance is dependent on the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way) of the week. This is to make allowances for
those that would like to participate, but for one or other reason, are not able to do so during the time given for the challenge, such as illness, weather,
travelling etc.
9. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next week's Project 52-7
10. JUDGE may participate the challenge, but the picture of JUDGE will be comment by 2nd and 3rd WINNER, and there is no podium place for JUDGE's picture. *** New Rules ***
11. The Facilitator (in this case scomatic) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
12. Closing date for the challenge is Monday at midnight in your time zone, this will encourage people to snap the picture during weekend and post it up on next days. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks JUDGE. ** Amendment **

JUDGE need to provide either with Option A or Option B or Both AB options criteria when during JUDGEMENT *** New Rules ***:

OPTION A (Just provide 1-10 point on each criteria and average out is the overall point)
Technical criteria
- Exposure Focus/sharpness
- Colour and/or tonal rendition
- Contrast
- Lighting

Visual and aesthetic criteria
- Framing and choice of viewpoint
- Background
- Design elements and principles
- Visual impact

Content
- Emotion / Mood /Feeling
- Relevance

Viewer’s response
- Excitement
- Interest

OPTION B (Good / Bad comment)
Example:
the good: Composition is perfect, I like your lighting. blah blah blah
the bad: I think leveling the horizon would be better, the blown out highlights on top left are distracting to me. blah blah blah.


Overview:
In vision, lines that are parallel to each other give the sensation of meeting at vanishing points. When parallel lines, either horizontal or vertical, are perpendicular to the lens axis, the vanishing points are assumed to be at infinity. Other lines, those which are parallel to the lens axis, and all other parallel lines at all other angles to the lens axis meet at definable vanishing points. Thus lines that are parallel to the lens axis, or nearly parallel, start in the front of the picture and meet at vanishing points within the picture or at finite points outside the picture

Many centuries ago, before the invention of smart phones and Photoshop, people used paintbrushes and chisels to capture scenery and people. And they weren’t very good at it. What I mean is, yes, they were good at it – who am I to disparage ancient Egyptian art or the Parthenon Marbles? But they didn’t get a lot of the technical details right. Specifically, they had some trouble with perspective.

Back then artists would simply overlap objects or place one set of objects below another in order to indicate relative position. In fact it wasn’t until around or about the 5th Century BC when artists actually began to think about perspective and the best way to recreate it in artwork. And although medieval artists were almost getting a handle on different ways to show relative position–making distant objects smaller than closer objects, for example – it wasn’t until 1413 when an artist named Filippo Brunelleschi finally demonstrated a geometric method of perspective. That’s when the vanishing point started to catch on.


Make Good Use of that Vanishing Point

Not every scene has parallel lines or an obvious vanishing point, so when you find one it’s important to know how to take advantage of it. For example, if you want to increase the perceived scale of your image or create extra drama, you can use a wide angle lens, which will exaggerate the angles of the two lines. To maximize this effect, make sure the lines begin in the very near foreground. If you need less drama, on the other hand, you can use more zoom.

Remember the rule of thirds? This is a great time to practice it – try placing the vanishing point itself at the intersection of one of those rule of third lines. Or, depending on the strength of your composition, you can also bust that rule of thirds by making those parallel lines cut right through the center of the frame.

Vanishing points create the most drama if you actually include the vanishing point itself in the image rather than cutting off the two parallel lines before they actually meet – although you can actually block the point of convergence with a subject, leaving the viewer’s imagination to connect the dots behind that subject. Which brings me to my next point:

Using a Vanishing Point with a Subject

Vanishing point isn’t useful just for landscapes and architecture, so don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Remember that converging lines not only make your photograph look more three dimensional, they also help lead your viewer’s eye into the image. Earlier I described converging lines as arrows; you can use them quite literally in this way by placing your subject at that point where the two lines meet, effectively shouting at your viewer to “look there, where those arrows are pointing!”

Of course this is not actually as easy as you might imagine. You don’t usually want your subject to be at the vanishing point itself, because then your viewer will need a magnifying glass to identify what he’s looking at – or more likely, will just not bother. Instead you need to find that sweet spot – a point in front of the vanishing point where the leading lines are still doing their job of adding perspective and depth but where the viewer’s eyes will ultimately land where you intend them to – on the subject. This makes vanishing point perspective a great tool for portraits, especially when you’re seeking to surround your subject with a meaningful environment – a bishop in a cathedral, for example, or a rancher in front of a fenced cattle pen.

If you have a particularly strong subject, you can place it, her or him in a position opposite or askew from the vanishing point. This is a good way to compose your image if you have an interesting background that doesn’t overwhelm your subject. The vanishing point will draw the viewer’s eye into the background and away from the subject, but if the subject is strong enough, the viewer’s eye will return there to rest.

Conclusion

Vanishing point is, of course, only one of many ways you can add perspective to an image. Even before those medieval artists started figuring it out, they were using other tools to show depth and distance – you can, too. But when you find a really great set of converging lines in your scene, don’t fail to take advantage of them – even if you don’t immediately think including them will give you the best view of the scene. You can always change positions and photograph other parts of the scene as well, but I think you’ll find that the most dramatic shots you take in that location are going to be the ones with those converging lines. Chances are, those are the shots that you and everyone else who views them will be drawn to.


Example photo:

















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09-07-2015, 11:40 AM   #2
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Huh? No entries. OK, I'll be the winner
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oh yeah... not letting u a free win here...

this is different kind of vanishing point picture... hahahah

09-09-2015, 12:20 AM   #4
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Hi all...
Should i extend the challenge?

09-09-2015, 12:32 AM   #5
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Yes, I think so.
09-14-2015, 11:37 PM   #6
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hmmm... seem like no body keen to participate it, maybe the topic isn't hot... Well... Noel, you're the winner then...
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