Exercise : Implied lines.

An eye line
In this photograph, the figure to the right of the frame is nearest the camera and pulls the viewer into the frame.  She has her back to the camera and is clearly looking down at the boat moored by the jetty. Although her eyes are not in the shot, the eye of the viewer is drawn down to the boat. The blue of her fleece top tones with the blue of the water and the distant hills.


Lines that point

Here, at the seafront at Heysham, the evening sun causes strong shadows from the railings to fall on the promenade. Although the vertical blue posts cause horizontal shadows, the dominant lines in the photograph are formed by the shadows of the horizontal railings. The railings themselves and the shadows form a sweep of lines which draw the eye to a central point on the horizon and the distant hills of The Lake District beyond.