Diagonal Lines

Diagonal Lines

I recently visited The Anderton Boat Lift and took photographs of the structure as it is full of lines in all directions. It was a dismal day, cold, damp and windy, but somehow that emphasises the architectural drama of the site. Although the major framework is of vertical and horizontal lines, the decorative inner diagonals in white form crosspieces  to reinforce the structure. In addition, some of the outer struts are leaning in as diagonals.

Working on my Horizontal/Vertical lines project during my recent visit to London, I guessed that Diagonals might well be the next exercise. I took this photograph just in case! It was  a very sunny afternoon and the whole building reflects the light. The diagonals are a major feature of "The Gherkin"  , both in the diamond patterns and the differently coloured diagonal bands.


Crossing The Thames on the new footbridge, I tried a shot which would be part of the Horizontal lines project, but could not get the correct angle. Consequently, the shot is used here as an example of diagonal lines, as the steelwork, although horizontal in fact, looks diagonal in the image.

The steel runs diagonally from bottom left to top right. The handrail is also just in the shot forming a diagonal in the bottom right hand corner.

This fourth image has several diagonals leading from bottom left to the top right hand corner, where a different diagonal meets  from the bottom right. The sunlight makes the white edge at the bottom of the photograph somewhat overexposed, but also creates a diagonal between light and shade across the image. The splash of red also directs the eye to the top right of the photograph. .