French Bananas

Tech Info: Nikon FM2 with 28mm f2.8 lens at 4.0 or 5.6 (can't remember), Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film

Shorter after arriving to Paris, I was booked into a small room at a 3-star hotel. It was a nice enough room (no-AC). That is, it's got a bed, it was clean and has a view (a wall) and that's all it's got. This is the "view" from the window. It's not a bad view at all. That is, if your eyes saw things in 28mm. So to "document" my stay, I went and took a few pictures. This is one of them.

I rather like this picture though. As one of my friends put it: "it's busy but balanced" and I totally agree. It's very busy, both in colours and shapes.

The photograph has a strong main point of focus though: the bananas. They are positioned in the foreground at the one of the four points that make the "rule of thirds".

Then we have the background, slightly out of focus but still very distinct. It's got rectangles, triangle, circles but what keeps your eyes from losing themselves in the chaos are the strong lines. They serve to draw the eyes upward into the sky.

Lastly, we have the two main colours in the picture; blue and orange and if you look at them in the colour wheel, you'll find that they are complimentary colours. (they are on opposite sides of the wheel). They also serve to cut the frame almost in half.

Did I think about that when I took the picture? Not at all. But I can pretend that I did.