Exercise: Implied Lines

An implied line is a line which is not physically there, but is suggested by the composition/ positioning of a subject.

It is a line the eye creates and follows across the picture. Whether that be a continuation of a line, or following an eye line.

For this exercise, i had to find three photographs which i had taken, and find the implied lines within the photographs.

The line here is implied by the direction in which the bull is charging, his body already in motion, and his horns pointing towards to red cape the matador is holding. The movement/ positioning of the cape captured in this photograph also aids to create this line.

Here the line is created by the row of boats sailing across the frame. Your eyes follow the boats across the photograph, horizontally.

Here the implied line goes diagonally across the screen in the direction the singer is looking to whom ever he may be making eye contact with.