Leading Lines

[CallMeNovice]

Please critique and let me know if this is a GOOD example of "leading lines". I realize it's posed, but was just trying to get an eye for it. Which pic would be the best for the LL rule? or is there even a difference?

[coffee]

I like the first shot. Nice example of LL, and rule of thirds. And who's on the end of that rainbow?

[CallMeNovice]

lol ... that's my daughter! who has been VERY patient with me and poses for more than a few of my experimental shots. She came out for a walk with me last week (after she was all ready for bed)where we discovered this bridge and I was goofing around with my camera even though she was falling asleep on her feet!!!

[jerryph]

Try this... get the camera about 2 feet away from that railing and with the lens, follow the railing all the way down with your eye. Make sure the camera focuses either 4-5 feet in front of you or all the way at the end.

Snap... done! :)

[CallMeNovice]

Thks Jerry. What aperture would you use - large or small - for a leading line shot?

[jerryph]

Whoops, a little late with this answer, but I tend to love pics that fade into a blurred background, so a larger aperture is my preference, but that is definitely not the only way to do things! :)

[CallMeNovice]

Thank you Jerry,

I think I'm almost done with lesson 5. I'm happy for the most part that I've learned the basics.

I appreciate your comments ... and I'm going out again this weekend to hopefully get my "LL" shot for my assignment. I will try it at all different apertures just for fun :)

Melanie