Exercise: The Relationship Between Points
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Relationship between points
Here our points are a large rock, and a surfer. The position of the surfer would suggest that he he is on a collision course with the rock as can be seen from the implied line. Despite being closer to the lens, the stronger point in this image is the surfer as we are naturally drawn to looking at human figures.
Image 2
Relationship between points
Here we have two Martello towers, the closest of which draws the greater attention. We have a direct line of sight to the second tower. Despite appearing much smaller in the frame, we can be aware that it is only perspective causing this difference as we know its true size thanks to the size of the first tower. A telephoto lens was used here which compresses the distance between the two further. A wide angle lens, would have have put the tower much further away and at an even smaller size.
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Relationship between points
Here we have two cyclists out for a ride. The right hand figure is the dominant point for a few reasons. First because of the direction of travel we can see that he is leading, so we are drawn to him first. Secondly, he is more face on to us than the 2nd cyclist so we are more drawn to his face. Finally the 2nd cyclist is actually looking at the first cyclist, so we are drawn to follow her gaze back to the lead rider.




