In this image the dominant 'perspective element' is the railing posts on the left hand side of the path. Additionally the continuation of the path into the trees (placed centre left) adds to the perspective giving depth to the picture drawing the eye into the image. The image is taken from the top of the path looking downwards and this combined with the railings and the line of the path exaggerate the length of the path.
In this image the sense of perspective is provided by the two lines of the track that appear to meet at the furthest point aided by the line of the trees either side. Again the eye is drawn into the picture. One criticism I would have purely looking at the image as an example of the use of the perspective is the light parts of the image that tend to draw the eye.
In this image I have used the road as the main element of perspective (the narrowing effect as we look further along the line of the road) but have also used the brightness of the light as we reach the full 'depth' of the image to enhance the effect. It is also possible to see beyond this area of bright sunlight to trees that appear to meet although the assumption would be that this is a continuation of the road.
A different approach using the curve of the road to draw the eye from the right hand bottom corner of the image into the furthest point set off centre to the right. The close proximity of the road in the bottom right exaggerates the perspective effect on the road suggesting a greater depth than was the case in reality.
The image is taken from a high vantage point looking down onto the curve of the river and the surrounding countryside. Perspective effect is given by the different size of the buildings that can be seen along the right hand side of the river and the apparent different size of the vessels that can be seen on the river. There is also the sense of distance given by the hill and dominant butte in the centre of the image and their relationship to the hills in the background.
Here I have tried to give a sense of depth to the image by the relationship between the various elements of the image. The eye is drawn towards the right centre of the image and we assume that this area is further from our viewpoint because of the relationships between the different areas.
These images were taken whilst I was on holiday in eastern Germany. The first four were taken deliberately to meet the needs of the project hence the use of 'lines' that help the sense of perspective. The last two I selected from the general shots I had taken where I had not deliberately set out to produce images that I could use in this blog. I could not say in all honesty that I saw what I have described and can only assume that the outcome was the product of being attracted to the scene with a probably unconscious awareness (perhaps enhanced by having had to think about perspective) of the relationships between the various elements.
Just for the record the reason that this and other blogs are appearing so soon one after the other is that I took the Course material on holiday with me with the deliberate intent of meeting the needs of the various projects. A bit sad I know but it was a huge improvement on simply providing snapshots for the family album.
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