Contrasts - part 4

As there is no vegetation on the mountains, there were a number of places where the rock strata are plainly visible. I thought that the strata would be a suitable subject to show "diagonal" character.

There was a spot in the bay where the diagonal strata sloped down to the water. In the morning, the sunlight fell on the surface of the rocks so that the strata was delineated by shadows. In the afternoon light, the sun was coming at an angle towards my vantage point and the sun was just catching the edges of some of the ridges in the rock. I took pictures in both conditions, but decided that the morning light created the more vibrant photograph as the rock colors were stronger:-

The diagonal strata in the rocks contrast with the smooth surface of the water. There is a road leading away from the shore at right angles to the strata. These various elements create a subdued zig-zag through the frame which I liked.

My thoughts on how to represent "thin" included looking for a subject that was laminar such as pages in book or thin slices of vegetables. Some piles of plates on a table caught my eye as a possible subject for this character or as a subject for "white":

Viewing the image on the LCD screen of the camera, the picture seemed to lack sufficient visual interest. However, on a monitor the edges of the glossy plates have reflections of the other plates which creates interesting detail that breaks up the regularity of the horizontals in the rest of the frame. I therefore decided to include this in the candidate images for this assignment.

Above the bar in one of the restaurants in the hotel, there was a wonderful stack of fruit and vegetables in a glass case. I thought that this would be a good subject for "many":

The case was high up in relatively weak lighting, but apart from a door frame there was no firm support available to rest the camera. I thought that I should include as many of the fruit squares in the original vertical format. I wanted the lens to be as high as possible to minimize the vertical perspective. The selected image above was at ISO 400 f/5.6 at a speed of 1/10th second. Surprisingly, this image is slightly sharper than one I took at 1/50th second at higher ISO.

For the "long" characteristic, I was looking for a relatively linear subject that would fill the frame with the lens at its widest setting. The rocky promontory with an archway on the headland of the bay seemed to be a potential subject:

I thought that the narrow letterbox frame with just a narrow band of sea and sky emphasized the length of the promontory out into the sea.

I originally thought that one of the subjects I could use for the "rounded" subject would be the sails of a catamaran kept on the beach. However, rough weather meant that the sails were not rigged. As an alternative, there was a pile of inflatable tires used for the lazy river at the hotel:

I moved in close using the wide angle lens and taking care to ensure that none of the surrounding foliage was included in the frame.

In the evening, I noticed a group of contractors standing on a platform supervising the movement of ballast stones some distance away. The figures were quite small in the context of the construction equipment and site and I thought this may be another potential image for "small" category. I took a few photographs with the zoom at full magnification and this is the one I preferred:

I cropped the top off the original frame as an area of light colored sea distracted attention from the three figures. The light platform on which the men are standing puts them into silhouette with a rim of light around their shoulders and helmet.