Project 11: balance

Take photographs and show how the balance of the dominant elements works.

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1.

Balance between the person on the left and the telephone boxes. Larger objects closer to the centre.
2.

Columns of the fence symmetrically placed in the frame.

3.
Two trees almost symmetrically placed in the frame.
4.
Balance between the message plates on the right and the light on the left. Larger objects closer to the centre and smaller object near the edge of the frame.
5.
Two flowers almost symmetrically placed around the centre of the frame.
6.
Balance between the two road signs. Larger one closer to the centre in the frame and smaller one further from the centre.
7.
Balance between several elements. The two windows (larger) closer to the centre and the wooden box (?) (smaller) near the edeg; the tree on the bottom left (larger) and the one on the top right (smaller).
I think the principle of the balance works in most cases, but the results look very static, particularly when two equally weighted objects are symmetrically placed as shown in No. 2, 3 and 5. The composition can become more dynamic to some extent if two different weighted objects are balanced as shown in No 1, 4, 6 and 7.