We visited the commercial harbor and fish market in the morning. At the commercial harbor there was an area 0f abandoned wooden dhows. I had been looking for groups of boats as a potential picture of their bows for "pointed". These were also weathered and battered and I was looking at potential subjects for "large", "broad", "diagonal", "strong", "weak", "hard" amongst others.
From the photographs I took, the following seemed to be the pictures with potential for this assignment:
I took this photograph standing close to the first boat and a wide angle lens setting. One effect of the short focal length that I liked is that there is a radial arrangement of the boats prows. Before this course, I would have stood further away from the boats with the longer focal length so that the prows would appear to be more parallel.
I was attracted by the square holes in the deck of this dhow. I included more in the original photograph, but reviewing this at home, I chose this composition after sketching out the visual elements in the image as was suggested in the exercise on balance. I felt that corner of the deck housing coincided with the point of origin of several of the dark shadow areas and I placed this point in the position which seemed to balance the visual elements in the frame. I have not identified this image as having any of the characteristics that we are asked to contrast in this assignment, so I may use this at another stage of the course.
The hull on this dhow was badly damaged and I was looking for an picture to convey a feeling of "weakness". The photograph I took included more of the dhow. As in the previous picture, I sketched out the visual elements to select a composition that emphasized the dilapidation of the hulk.
The fish market was a large shed which was busy with fish sellers, customers, fish cleaners, and an area where cooks would cook the fish for customers to take home ready to eat. The number of people and lighting made taking photographs tricky. I was looking for subjects that could illustrate "pointed" or "rounded" or "curved" amongst others. A few of the photographs I took were acceptable, but I will just include one that is a potential image conveying "curved":
In the afternoon, we went to Yas Island to visit a new hotel built beside the Formula 1 racetrack. The hotel building is almost wholly white in color inside and out, and it is covered by a rounded frame.
I had thought that for a "light" contrast with dark, I would need a high key subject photographed in bright light with some dark or shadow area to make it stand out. Just in front of the hotel was a fountain which suited this formula.
I took some photographs of the hotel exterior structure. I liked this picture as the two v-shaped steel struts stand out against the curving shapes of the roof and wall. This conveys the feeling of "straight".
On the way into the hotel, I noticed another photographer taking a picture of the bridge over the racetrack. This prompted me to return to the bridge on foot. I had been looking for a subject to convey the "broad" characteristic and this bridge seemed to be an ideal candidate. For this subject, I had planned to use a wide angle lens to emphasize the wide shape. However, in the event, I used standard focal length as the road in the foreground lacked visual interest.
This was slightly sharper than another photograph of the same subject without the car, so I chose this one.
I took another view of the hotel from this bridge by resting the camera close on the bridge parapet. The curved arch of the bridge formed a frame for the curved shape of the hotel. There is even a slight mirror image of the hotel in the smooth surface of the parapet.
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