Exercise 7. Project. Looking through the viewfinder. Object in different positions in the frame

In this exercise I am required to find a subject to photograph that is placed within a background that has little or no distraction to the eye.  As I live within easy reach of the ocean I decided to drive along the beach road and see if I could find an aspect of Omani life that would be suitable for this exercise.  This area was destroyed by the Gonu several years ago and the rubble from destroyed fisherman homes still litter the beach edge.  The families that live along the seafront spend their social times in the evenings sat on the seafront overlooking the ocean and often use comfortable seating to relax on, as can be seen here.  They are scattered all along the seafront, sometimes up against the wall of their home or on the roadside on the beach.
I came across this group of chairs and chose them as my subject, the time of day was mid morning, hence the chairs being empty.

My task is to provide a group of photographs where I have placed the chosen subject in different positions within the frame.

This is my base photograph

 fig 1  

This photograph places the subject at the bottom right, 

I quite like the composition of this photograph, the slight angle of the composition creates a scene where the sea is not prominent, but the sky is. 

fig 2 

This view positions the seating to the upper left, I feel that less sea and sky is good, but the beach is a detraction from the seating.  Too many horizontal lines.

fig 3

This shows central positioning of the subject, with equal amounts of foreground and sky. Again too much sky and beach in the composition. The composition is not good, the horizon is central and also the subject positioning is central, therefor prominent,  would be more pleasing to my eye if less foregound.

fig4    Showing -  Seafront Location in Sohar

Fisherman homes in background alongside Mosque and Telephone Mast, these small groups of seating, allow Omani friends to gather after evening prayer.

My thoughts on this exercise.

The sand is too prominent in the above selection of photographs,  I feel that a narrow skyline and foreground would work better, If I could divide the photograph into thirds, to create a good composition I would be defeating the object of the exercise.  

Fig 1: works for me, the composition is not quite right as there is too much sky, I was as low in position as I could possibly get, without laying prostrate. 

Cropping:  to create a very simple composition.  I see the subtle outline of two triangles in this photo created by cropping.

• Area of sea
• Beach Area

fig 5