Splash your troubles away...

             

                  How LOW can YOU go?? This is a question that should always be in the back of your head as a photographer, as well as some other unusual questions. In photography, angles mean almost everything! It changes the mood and perception of a picture; it can either make the image more captivating or turn the other direction and leave the viewer lost. Be careful when doing this, because the wrong angle can confuse its audience; sometimes the image might be lost in trying to capture it, because the viewer can no longer tell what the object really is. 

                 In landscape photography, there are three elements pertaining to distance: the foreground, mid-ground and background. A lovely technique to use, and one of my personal favourites is to take a picture from the fore-ground; that is, taking an object closest to you, going down to that level and snapping the picture. It makes the picture interesting and gives it a little more mystery to it.

                 One of the reasons for having an element present in the foreground of your photo is to make the viewer of the photograph feel like they're there, because they can see the depth of what's close and what's far away. It basically 'sucks' them into the scene, and that is what you want as a photographer. 

                  Weekend past, I visited the lovely Maracas Bay, where I took several shots that all led to this one being my most favourite. Sadly I did not get sufficient time to experiment with this angle because I only saw the potential of this as I was on the road and about to leave. I jumped out the car, ran through a crowd of intoxicated Indian men who were stirring up some curry and went slippers first, into the crashing waves. Clothes on, camera ready in hand, and gleaming eyes, I took the risk of snapping this picture right before the wave soaked me entirely.
 Please Note: My camera IS NOT... WATER PROOF. 

            I was ecstatic to see my result.. and I was indeed happy with it.

                      
                                                            Sometimes the angle makes all the difference...


                         http://digital-photography-school.com/20-examples-of-low-angle-photography



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                The above sites, gave me some ideas for my picture. Low photography is almost all the time...wonderful. They also give some wonderful examples of low angled photography, that also gave me the inspiration I needed for this.