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Lens-Artists Photo CHALLENGE #114: Negative Space

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Miriam Hurdle 63 comments

This week for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 114, Amy invited us to look at Negative Space in photography.

This is my first time explored negative space in photography. It made me interested to do a quick study about the subject. I only looked at three photography sites and the following is the basic idea.

Negative space is the area surrounding the main subject in a photograph. It allows us to create a dramatic image that attracts viewers to lead their eyes towards the smaller area of positive space.

Negative space should take up more of the image than the positive space. It has the effect of making us notice and inspect the main subject even more. It can be an unoccupied area.

**This was three days before the full moon in July 2017**

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(Photo from my backyard Sept. 6, 2020 4:00 p.m.)

The contrast in size makes us more curious about the main subject. The smaller the subject in the positive space is, the more noticeable it will become.

**A grasshopper the size of a grain of rice sitting on the African Lily in my garden.**

The negative space does not have to be an empty space. Things surrounding the subject are peripheral. They almost blend into the background, but they should never be the main subjects. They cause you to focus even more on the subject.

**I captured this yacht during a whale watching trip.**

**My husband turned around for a photo before he dived in the Great Barrier Reef.**

LENS-ARTISTS PHOTO CHALLENGE 114: NEGATIVE SPACE

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 – Delicate Colors

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Miriam Hurdle 71 comments

This week for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98, Ann-Christine invited us to look at the delicate colors. I include two sets of photos here.

The first set:

These are the full moon photos from January 31, 2018. I captured the full moon when it rose above the trees and buildings before it was too high in the sky. The distance would be greater when the moon is high. By zooming, I captured different colors and shades of the moon.

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The second set:

The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc’s (Font màgica de Montjuïc in Catalan) at Barcelona, Spain is a spectacular display of color, light, motion, music, and water acrobatics. A mixture of these elements together in just the right combinations is pure magic.

We were there in the summer of 2016 to celebrate our anniversary. The tour guide secured a spot for us to get a great view.

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Here is a short video. I hope you don’t get a motion sickness because I moved the camera to adjust the height of the water!!

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge#98 – Delicate Colors

Full Moon July 9, 2017

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 28 comments

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Rising 100.0% full moon – Taken at 5:56 pm July 9, 2017 – taken in Wodonga Australia by Michael Coonan.

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July 8, 2017, full moon from Mimi Ditchie at See Canyon Road near Avila Beach, California. She wrote: “The full moon was a deep red color from the Alamo Fire to our southeast.”