The world looks a bit different depending on your viewpoint. In taking photographs I’ve always been encouraged to shoot from various angles as a slight change can substantially alter and perhaps improve the resulting photograph…. especially true when using a wide angle lens. And we know sometimes we should get down on our knees to take a photo, but then, for me, it seems to be getting harder to get back up again.
So for this challenge, I want to go for the extremes of Looking Up, and Looking Down, to show the effects of what you can capture at these angles and get a different perspective on our view of the world.
Looking up at buildings is a good place to start, whether it’s a skyscraper, a university spire or a local church. This angle grants you that worm’s eye view and exaggerates the height with those converging vertical lines to add a good deal of drama.
But then, lets switch and start Looking Down – down from the parapets of those many bridges.
Following a sports theme, I’ve picked some other action images taken with my lenses pointed upwards …or downwards.
How am I going to finish this ramble about the ups and downs of photography. Well, I talked about extremes and what’s more diverse than shooting down from a bridge at a swimming penguin?…. and then shooting up in the sky at the Royal Air Force’s display team in action – the Red Arrows?
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Your Welcome, Anita.
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These photos are stunning, James! Excellent angles you took. These building are magnificent. Love the the first and last especially.
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Thanks Amy. I’m glad you enjoyed my images.
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I can’t pick a favorite because I liked them all and they were all excellent examples of the theme, which, by the way, was lots of fun to answer. I really liked the last photo of the Royal Air Force display and the way you contrasted many of your views. Well done! Here are my choices for the challenge:
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Thanks Janet! I’m glad you liked the theme and my images. It certainly seemed to inspire yourself – I loved your own wide selection. Thanks!
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Thanks! 🥰
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Thank you for hosting this week’s challenge, James. Your photos are stunning. The swans in the grass was exquisite – featuring the delicate blades of grass and their feathers from above was a great moment to capture. I’m glad you clarified that eagle was a captive one, I was thinking to myself when I saw it, “Wow…how in the world did he get that shot?” I also chuckled as I feel less steady looking up with my camera than I do squatting down low on the ground to catch different angles. Your looking up shots feature the magnitude of the view of the world from that perspective. Nicely done.
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Thanks Shelley! Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad you appreciated my images.
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You’re welcome!
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Thank you for showing the beautiful things you saw looking up and down. The penguin was quite special.
Here’s my entry: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/11/20/the-joker/
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James, I have finally published my post in response to your challenge. Thanks for the inspiration and fun topic.
https://egidio.photography/tea-time-at-queens-garden/
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Too many good ones to mention singly! My post turned out very different to what I had originally planned but I enjoyed my change of plan tremendously: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/19/a-day-with-ups-and-downs/
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Beautiful “looking up” images!
Here is mine
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Thanks Marina!
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