Triangles

Triangles

55mm, f/8, 1/320, ISO 200

This flower caught my eye whilst looking for triangular subjects. From this angle, and with help from the gestalt law of completion, the flower presents a triangle shape. 

18mm, f/8, 1/100, ISO 800

Finding a triangle with the apex at the bottom proved tricky. Presumably due to its 'unstable' nature, it hardly features in architecture that I could see. While walking through a church-yard, I realised that the two paths made just the shape that I needed. Standing a little further back and letting the smaller path lead into the scene seemed to make for a stronger image.

55mm, f/8, 1/100, ISO 200

Perhaps the most common form of triangle-by-perception is looking down a straight road. I did something similar with this river, allowing the lines to converge in the distance, creating a triangular shape with the apex at the top.

31mm, f/11, 0.3s, ISO 200

In this still life image, I used the corner of the game board to create the apex of the triangle, with the markings on the board and the playing pieces creating two opposing sides, with the 'community chest' cards providing the horizontal side. I like in this image how several triangles can be seen, another prominent but smaller one with the apex at the top can be seen formed by the inner lines of the game board and the top edge of the cards.

45mm, f/11, 0.3s, ISO 200

I have now placed the apex of the triangle at the bottom of the image, and used playing pieces and dice to create the sides of the triangle, and the horizontal side is again provided by the cards. In both 'game board' images I have attempted to place the points in a natural, less ordered way, so that it could be an image of an actual game in progress, rather than set up.

135mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 200

I noticed these three people sitting outside a cafe, and positioned myself so that they formed a triangle, with the apex at the top. Their natural sitting position formed a triangle by itself, but choosing a suitable viewpoint was important in order to get the correct perspective.