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Baroque and Sinister Diagonals | Knut Skjærven

I had a challenge understanding why some images visually held together even if the content was rather complex and varied. So with this image. I knew that I liked it, but that was more of a spontanesous reaction than anything else. Something had drawn me to this scene when I was there. And why did I crop it this way? I wanted to know why. I had to study it more closely and it was then that I found that the line structure had a certain pattern: There was a seemingly extensive use of almost parallels to the two diagonals. I had been enhancing the movements in the shot by stressing the diagonal patterns. I remember that the main diagonals had specific names. I now wanted to find out more since this was obviously something I could use. I had not taken that much notice of these things earlier since I found it, primary, an area for painters and people who were into drawing. Some would say, for proper artists. That was about to change. The diagonal moving from the upper left corner to the lower right corner is named The Sinister Diagonal. The other one is The Baroque Diagonal. I wanted to learn not only the  functions, but their names too…….

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