project 12; Positioning the horizon.

Positioning the horizon;

The horizon in a photograph is a point of division. It is a division in the frame. By positioning the horizon in different places the emphasis of the photo changes. These to photos have completly different feeling by changing the position of the horizon.

The viewer must see through the foreground to get to the subject of the photo here.

A different perspective. This second photo has a more desolate, wild feeling to it. Perhaps its because of the scale change. The subject feels smaller.

This next series of photographs shows how changing the position of the horizon changes the scale, perspective and emphasis of the photo.

The mountains look a little insignificant here.

A little more significant here.

Beginning to dominate the picture and you get a feeling of how big they actually are here.

Here the viewer is dwarfed by the mountains.

I think that the horizon works well in many different positions. I think where it is placed in the picture depend on what the photographers intention is. More and more this word is coming up for me with photography, what is my intention with this photograph?