Happy Best Shot Monday everyone. I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day. As I mentioned a few days back, I have declared this week, Diagonal Week here at Picture This where I will devote all the posts to this one particular compositional element. And with that, I offer you the first of the series.
Behold, The Extreme Diagonal Portrait in all it's glory.
As the week progresses I will be giving examples of other (less obvious) diagonal elements but for today, I thought I'd just offer one of the more obvious flick of the wrist portrait techniques. Makes for a quirky shot, don't ya think?
This is not a prerequisite for your BSM post...if you've got one with a tilt to share, go for it but anything goes on Mondays so post a link to whatever you got. There will be lots of chances to show of your diagonals this week, don't you worry! Stay tuned.
Funny... because I love to shoot diagonal, but my BSM contains lots of vertical lines: http://www.karianna.us/blog/archives/2007/05/painting_a_fence.html
Posted by: Kari | 05/14/2007 at 01:06 PM
It's amazing how a simple silly thing like turning the camera can change the whole feel of a picture :)
Mine isn't on the diagonal, but boy were they having fun!
http://www.clearlydelirious.com/archives/2007/05/hangin_around.html
Posted by: Becky | 05/14/2007 at 01:20 PM
This is sort of diagonal... :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakeline/491490683/
Posted by: Leah | 05/14/2007 at 01:36 PM
One of my favorite photos of me was taken by my father and has a diagonal composition. I'll have to play with that this week.
Here's my (vertical) BSM: http://auntiemissa.blogspot.com/2007/05/best-shot-monday-sunset.html
Posted by: Meliss | 05/14/2007 at 01:58 PM
I'll have to try for a crooked shot another day. I totally forgot. (my mind is being consumed by bathroom construction!!!) I have a shot from Mother's Day to share.
http://amadisonmom.blogspot.com/2007/05/best-shot-monday-9.html
Posted by: Colleen | 05/14/2007 at 05:37 PM
Here is mine for this week. It's an oldie but I love the diagonal of turtle, turtle, human :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/divrchk/498421388/in/pool-ttpt/
Posted by: Divrchk | 05/14/2007 at 05:40 PM
Here's my crooked shot for this week's BSM..with a little smudge effect along the border. I love clicking on everyone's photos and seeing so many different perspectives! :) Thanks!
http://www.fecklessessentials.com
Posted by: cakesonaplane | 05/14/2007 at 09:10 PM
Well, it's 11:20 pm...better late than never, eh? Here's my best shot from our trip to the zoo on Saturday. And it's got some diagonals for you, Tracey! ;-)
http://thegloriouslymundane.blogspot.com/2007/05/better-late-than-never-bsm-well-folks.html#links
Posted by: Jen | 05/14/2007 at 09:20 PM
Two days late...better late than never but I had to share!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33621767@N00/501538217/?rotated=1&cb=1179364980000
Posted by: Mariselle | 05/16/2007 at 06:28 PM