World War II Observation Tower, South Bethany Beach, Delaware.
View from a low vantage point
World War II Observation Tower
Category: Photography
Lighthouses
Cape Henry Lighthouse
A contrast of verticals is evident with the slight left-leaning diagonals of the trees contrasting with the slight right-lean of the lighthouse.
Neighborhood storm
A storm approaches the neighborhood in the early evening. The white spots are raindrops on the camera lens. The out-of-place lighter values of the tree in the right foreground edge of the photograph and the small tree in the lower left mid-ground is created by the effect of the limited “throw” of the flash in the landscape.
February ice storm
Freezing rain and light snowfall creates a glaze on the snow in the yard resulting in the reflection of the tree trunk of the trimmed tree in the lower right-of-center mid-ground.
John’s Yard
The repeating shapes of the towering trees dominate the center of the composition reinforcing the vertical motif of the photograph.
Compositional elements for the South snow scene
Center of Interest
The implied lines of the surrounding landscape, other houses and street/sidewalk shapes tend to converge in a general one-point perspective at the center of the photograph at the house. The contrast between the warm colors of the house reflecting the morning sun and the surrounding cooler colors add to the area of emphasis.
