Still Composition

There are a series of vectors within this image of my son.  The vectors help the viewer establish a hierarchy of salience on the page, leading the eye from one element to another.  His arms make an arrow pointing upward to his face, his eyes positioned in the prime thirds position.  The eyes are then draw down the arm to the log pole fence in a swiping arch to the people in the distance.  The end of the fence in the background then pointing as it were back to the face.

I took this shot in Marysville off State Route 89 on the way home from our fall break adventure.  Both vertical stacks of this old mining water drill are positioned in the thirds of the image. As well as horizontally across the top of the tank and along the axel of the front wheels. Several vectors help to present the image as a group of related elements which have an overall unity. The angle of the picture provides depth and an idea of what motion of the object would be like.

Its almost as if my daughter were poking her head into the frame of this shot, yet everything in the image points to her face.  Both the vertical stripes in her shirt and the three ATV trails all have converging vectors that culminate toward her smile.