“Baroque” and “sinister” diagonals

One of my favorite areas in New Mexico is the Bisti Badlands. I love this place, and I’ve visited several times over the past nine years. This is a film photograph taken with an F-100 and the same 24mm lens I have used for nearly 20 years. “Baroque” and “sinister” diagonals are opposing compositional lines used in dynamic symmetry to create tension and movement in art and photography. You can see them employed in this composition.

Notice how the viewer is pulled into the image. I don’t see the world as a flat rule of thirds grid. I see diamonds! Think of a rifle scope with crosshairs. That’s how I see.