Vietnam Veterans Memorial at night

Vietnam Veterans Memorial at night
Originally uploaded by wanderingphoto

This image of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at night is the most successful of the four. Here you have focused attention on the environment, we know where we're at. However, the subject of this photo is the Washington Monument because it has the sharpest focus and our eye is drawn to it from your use of converging lines.

The converging lines of the Vietnam Memorial, the inlay of bricks you stand on to view the memorial, the round lights in the ground, the sidewalk and the row of trees on the opposite side all create visual lines that lead our eyes to the Washington Monument. These lines were created because of your vantage point, anytime lines are perpendicular to the camera lens they will converge to one point in the distance. Converging lines are one way to focus attention on your subject.

You did not capture any detail in the Washington Monument but in this photo I think it works nicely in silhouette.

Photo Chick