When I take my camera out for a walk, I always look for angles, shadows and other leading lines that would make an interesting photo. Sometimes I’m lucky enough to be able to photograph from high looking low. And that’s what Ritva is asking us to do in this week’s challenge: look down.

While I don’t recommend looking down while walking, I do suggest that you stop and look down. What do you see? Sometimes unique opportunities lay at your feet or over a rail. Here are some of mine.

Looking down into a puddle on an asphalt road can lead to abstract opportunities.

Looking down can give a different perspective on a wood platform showing its rough texture, on a bee showing a close up of its eyes and on a flower showing its center blossom.

How about a unique view of a fountain that flows down the stairs.

Talking about stairs. Here are some impressive stairs.

I’ll end with this shot looking down the mid-ship section of a glitzy cruise ship.

This was enjoyable Ritva. One of these photos took me back to before I had a DSLR! When you post your response, please link it to Ritva’s and use the Lens-Artists tag. We don’t want to miss your post.

And a big thank you to all who participated in my resilience challenge of last week. I enjoyed seeing and reading about your resilience. I’m actually still getting responses today. Now that’s resilience!

Egidio is challenging us next week, so be sure to look for his post. In the meantime, happy clicking and stay safe.

37 thoughts on “Lens Artists Challenge #332: Shoot From Above”

  2. Well…I always look down when I walk, or at least glance! Too many loose thingies in the way.

    Nice series altogether! I think the puddle and the stairs are my favorites. In the series of 4 you have, the one with the yellow wall might be really interesting in B&W? And I got seasick looking down in your glitzy cruise ship – eek. These challenges really bring out a person’s creativity or remind us to look at the world around us and review, too, earlier photos.

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  4. Great shots of shooting down Anne, you have some great examples.

    I also noticed that your post doesn’t come up in the reader and I think it is because you have put the tag len-artists instead of lens-artists.

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  8. You’ve shown us lots of good reasons to look down! If picking favourites I would have to opt for the abstract puddle, the bee and the cruise ship – the latter would also make a good geometric square perhaps?

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      1. You’re welcome, Anne.

        I was looking at my own shot of a Pincushion flower last night, so it came to mind. I’ve forgotten many of the flower names I learned when living next to the Botanic Gardens here in Melbourne, but my (new) Flower of the Day series is sparking my memory (or making my Plant app. give me some clues).

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