Bike Circles (20th June):

These few days in Birmingham have provided some rich material for my exercises. Although I focussed on a narrative progression at The Public when I arrived I found a series of metal circles designed as a bike stand. It was visually very arresting and I decided to have another go at the focal lengths exercise. This is a set where I was hard pressed to decide on a single shot I preferred. I think the nature of the subject means it works relatively well across the three versions. If pushed for a preference it would probably be the mid focus shot because the bicycle gives some background detail but the shapes of the bike rack provide interest in the foreground.