The images for this section were shot during walks in nearby woods in the autumn when the changing colours of leaves was making interesting patterns. One of the sets of compositions is with leaves of very similar colour, but different shapes and the other is with leaves of more similar shape but different complementary colours. The shape and colour of the leaves seems to make a difference to which composition works best. I organised the positioning of the leaves and then moved the camera around to capture the foreground leaf in different positions within the frame.
Leaf composition 1
Because of the pointed shape of the foreground leaf, my natural inclination was to place it slightly off centre on the top left intersecting third. This seemed to work better than the other three arrangements. Placing it left of centre is reasonably acceptable but there is less for the leaf to lead the eye to, so it is fairly static. The central positioning turns the ferns into more of a 'backcloth' than something upon which to focus, and it isn't a particularly effective backcloth. Placing the single leaf at the edge gives too much prominence to the fern and reduces the impact of the image.
Leaf composition 2
The complementary colours of yellow and green contribute to fairly harmonious images. My first thought was to place the yellow leaf in the centre because of its more overall rounded shape and its spikes pointing to all directions. I feel that this probably produced the most effective image, and it would be improved further with a square crop to further emphasise the sense of radial symmetry. The second image placed the yellow leaf to the left of centre, which gives too much prominence to the green leaves. This is also the case for the fourth image where the yellow leaf is on the top edge. The third image works fairly well by placing the yellow leaf of the top left intersecting third, which is line with compositional guidelines, but this also gives it a more dominant position.
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