Central Vertical Lines
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Central Vertical Lines

December 2025

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Entry 26798641
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The motion of the trains and limited color palette allows for the eye trace to break out from the middle column. The green contrasts to the yellow and the overhead lighting is symmetrical. Nice job setting up a tripod and taking the time to get the shot. This shot is an art of patience.

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Entry 26799312
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Excellent shot! Really like how you got the human in the back with more depth to spare. Good choice on going black and white! Not a fan of the advertising, but no public transit is perfect.

Nice limited color pallet, cool framing. Lacks a story to the viewer because of the lack of human interaction. I'd love to take this show with a person through one of the squares.

Entry 26799885
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Very difficult to beat this composition alignment. The only addition I'd suggest is to stage people praying on the left and right of the image in the middle ground to give the viewer a sense of space and show that this is a mosque. This shot has a great limited color palette and hits depth very nicely.

Entry 26800051
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I see you snicked this one in, knowing the Trinity library. Hats off!

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Entry 26802281
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The two people silhouette on the right of the image gives the view a sense of space. The contrast on the building line allows for a vertical depth that leads the eye between the reflection of the cotton candy sky. Finally, the right side of the image off centers the eye trace and gives attention to the beautiful color. Great shot!

Entry 26805090
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Laying on the floor has definitely paid off here. The floor symmetrical lighting draws the eye away to the contrast above. The leading lines of the color pattern and lighting on the walls gives the eye trace a lead to the couple in the distance while the center overhead light is a direct path to the end.

Looking through the wooden panel window's lack of glass is a travel back in time to when the castle was made. I suggest painting out that white square as it takes away from the shot. The eye trace along the roofing to the middle ground and background in a curved vertical motion gives a sense of being in a higher up position, overlooking the farmlands and landscape.

Entry 26809417
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Simple and effective. This shot makes the eye move vertically to have the viewer figure out where to look. Nice choice keeping it black and white so the color is not distracting to the viewing experience. The horizon on the bottom gives a nice touch to the fill of the bridge on the top.

Entry 26811457
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Entry 26811460
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Telling the story that keeps the eye trace moving between the glow of the lighthouse windows, lights of the stars and top lamp of the light house. Excellent use of movement of time and space all while keeping it visible.

Entry 26812191
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The timing of the bikes on each side of the road as well as having people contrasted on the arches of the bridge allows for the eye trace to see movement than the church and bridge. This is an excellent sunset architecture shot because it tells the story of a peaceful winter.

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Enter your photos that have a vertical line or linear subject through the centre of the photo. The vertical line or linear subject can run either through part of the image or down the entrie image, but must be vertical and central to the composition of the photo.

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Entry 26816565
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The shadows create a depth that draws the eye trace in a motion vertically and wide. Very well lined up and great find to shoot something abstract that seems to have a metaphor of balance both in the shot, artwork and lighting.

It appears that the this shot was taken during a time when people would be unlikely to attend, so the photographer must have scheduled right to get the shot. The reflections, landscape and architecture augment multiple vertical lines that hit the premise of the concept.

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Nice! Helps to have a human at the top or foreground to give a sense of how far the depth is.

Entry 26798977
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really cool. Suggest a little hair of a rotation to get the center vertical lines at a 180 vertical line.

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Great use of shapes!

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