Rhythms and patterns

The idea here was to produce at least two photographs, one conyeying rhythm and one pattern.


Rhythm

P202: f4 @ 1/320 4mm ISO 400 cropped

P203:  f8 @ 1/30 100mm ISO 200 cropped and exposure adjusted

Both P202 and P203 encourage the eye to move across the picture - in P202 the eye is drawn across to the right by the repetitive movement of the graffitti characters.In P203 the circular movement of the metalwork design moves the eye to the left.This image is cropped to emphasise the subject and some fine tuning of the exposure via layers made to enhance the picture detail.


Pattern  

P204: f10 @ 1/60 55mm ISO 100 cropped



In carrying out this exercise, I can now see more clearly how pattern and rhythm can really shape the creation of a composition and in some case 'lead' or 'determine' it. Visually, I find both attractive..pattern more from my enjoyment of texture and shape ...rhythm for the dynamism that it can add the finished image.With hindsight  I realise that I had to resort to more cropping in some cases than I would have expected which serves as a reminder that in trying to convey both rhythm and pattern I need to pay far more attention than I realised at the time to the actual framing of the picture.  Something I need to consider carefully when carrying out Assignment 2.