Leading lines
Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image. Anything with a definite line can be a leading line. Fences, bridges, even a shoreline can lead the eye. If can pair leading lines with a subject that is placed according to the rule of thirds your image should be very strong.Leading lines describes a photographic composition concept where natural and man-made lines, as well as suggested lines, are used to lead a viewer’s eyes around a photograph. You can use lines in conjunction with other compositional tools such as centering, the rule of thirds, or point of view as well as letting the leading lines be the main compositional tool on its own.
Leading The Eye. Most photographers' primary use for diagonal lines is to lead the eye to a certain point in the photo and they are extremely effective at doing this. When you intersect a diagonal line, or point it in the direction of a particular object, the tension created draws the eye towards this point.Manmade leading lines are lines that do not naturally occur in nature. Manmade lines can be things such as roads, power lines, rooftops, fences, rows of windows or doors, support structures for bridges, or the bridges themselves. As with natural lines, the composition of the line isn’t important as long as it creates a solid pathway for the eye to follow.
Leading The Eye. Most photographers' primary use for diagonal lines is to lead the eye to a certain point in the photo and they are extremely effective at doing this. When you intersect a diagonal line, or point it in the direction of a particular object, the tension created draws the eye towards this point.Manmade leading lines are lines that do not naturally occur in nature. Manmade lines can be things such as roads, power lines, rooftops, fences, rows of windows or doors, support structures for bridges, or the bridges themselves. As with natural lines, the composition of the line isn’t important as long as it creates a solid pathway for the eye to follow.
This is where leading lines gets a touch tricky, and perhaps a little controversial. Not everyone calls a suggested leading line part of the leading line composition rule. Because it falls into lines, I prefer to consider it part of leading lines rather than a wholly separate tool. A suggested leading line is a broken line or an absent line that is strongly suggested by the positioning of items within the frame. These suggested leading lines are most frequently due to line of vision.