Geometry in the 3 Rs: rugby, religion and rocks

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This is an entry to http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/23/cees-compose-yourself-photo-challenge-19-geometry-in-photography/ .

Cee is right: after a while you see geometric figures almost everywhere.  To start off, here are some obvious choices, all from the same church in Mönchengladbach, Germany:

geo 3The geometric forms are obvious and don’t need further explanations.

From man-made, manageable shapes to the grandiosity of nature.  Many mountains are pyramid-shaped which is rendered as a triangle in two-dimensional space:

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And from the same corner of the earth, the Berner Oberland in Switzerland, the unmistakable triangle of the Eiger, overwhelming, breathtaking, and just plain HUGE:

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I seem to have a propensity to triangles as the following photos show quite clearly (all taken at the Rugby World Championship last autumn, in Newcastle, South Africa playing Scotland).  Whether it’s a group of players:

or individuals:

I found one without a triangle, though:

 

And just to end up with something completely different:

 

Cee’s Compose Yourself #18

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This photo challenge was about contrasting colours. As a latecomer to this kind of challenge, I’m just putting my best if imperfect (sic!) pictures forward.

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I’m just recycling this shot but it seems so appropriate for the contrast of green and purple.

 

Purple and yellow is next,with a more blueish purple.

 

And here the more traditional red – green combinations, from opposite sides of the calendar, the bright red holly berries which are almost synonymous with Christmas, and the deep red of ripe cherries which signify mid-summer.

 

Nature, particularly flowers seem to lend themselves readily to contrasting images but sometimes contrast is found on street level as well. Both these shop fronts were found in Edinborough.

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And now for something completely different, the yellow and blue contrasts in these fantasy uniforms from a German carnival regiment in Mainz.  At least those two gentlemen were enjoying themselves.

Until I started looking through my photos, I hadn’t realised how often it was that contrasting colours were the reason I liked a particular photo better than another one.

 

Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: #18 Contrasting Colors