Balance: Symmetrical

By Peter Thoeny, one of our Digital Photo Academy instructors in San Francisco.

Ask, what horizontal symmetry may look interesting? 

Ask, what vertical symmetry may look interesting?

Example: Ask, what horizontal symmetry may look interesting? Horizontal symmetry with glass reflection at a Chinese restaurant in Fremont, California. Taken with Canon 50mm f0.95 “Dream Lens”

Example: Ask, what vertical symmetry may look interesting? Vertical symmetry at the Sargans Castle in Switzerland; very big dynamic range, requires bracketed exposures

Example: Horizontal symmetry at the Werdenberg Castle in Switzerland

Example : Horizontal symmetry with reflection at Maker’s Faire in San Mateo, California

Example: Horizontal symmetry with reflection at Broadcom campus in San Jose, California

Example: Fisheye lens with heavy lens distortion shows interesting vertical symmetry at the Stanford Hospital

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography, http://bit.ly/qualityHDR

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