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Foreground and Background – What’s the Story
They say a good photo should tell a story. I like the story these images tell me but what story do they tell you?
They are just one chapter in the story of images I am presenting this week from Sunday to Sunday. They were taken as part of a StillWalks production day but as yet I have not had a chance to take this much further.
Focusing on Perspective
Walking out on Swansea harbour wall or pier, I had forgotten just how long it is – deceptively so. The tidal range in Swansea Bay is big in so far as the sea goes out a long way and I guess a tidal harbour in a location like this needs those long walls.
The distance and scale of the structure can play havoc with your sense of perspective and space.
Near and Far – Focusing on the View
Carreg Cennen Castle is in the ideal location for a castle if the purpose is to provide a good view over the surrounding countryside.
Stumped
This large tree stump made it look like the tree had been growing straight out of the sand on Swansea beach.
Architecture and Trees – An Environmental Benefit
I reckon that trees around or near any building enhances our visual perception of the urban environment. More than this, they also provide an invaluable means of protecting us from some of the pollution we put into the air. Particulates get trapped by the leaves and are then washed off to ground level by rain. And, of course, they absorb carbon dioxide provide us with oxygen.
Trees on the street in front of your house can make a significant difference to the quality of air you breath inside your home.
The trees in the first photo will not make a significant difference to the air that the inhabitants of the new buildings near Park Tawe in Swansea because, as can be seen from the depth of field in the image, the trees are not all that close to the buildings. The trees around BT’s tower block will be more effective in that respect.
City planners and architects should to take all the benefits that trees can bring into consideration when designing any and all new urban developments.
