We enjoy a great walk in a forest. Forest footpaths make for some good photographic subject matter, but how many footpath shots can you shoot before they become repetitive? A forest footpath is a forest footpath. To increase the photograph's appeal we look for different footpaths; perhaps one that is winding, or one that has a nice S curve, or one that has some stairs, anything to add interest.

          What do you do if your forest footpath was used to make rulers with; as straight as can be? This is where we have to look for and add interest from other sources. Is there a wooden bench we can add for interest, or what about a little bridge? No? Look some more as the interest we are looking for may not be that obvious. Remember, that if we get really close to something with a wide angle lens attached that object becomes exaggerated in size compared to the rest of the image. That means that the interest we are looking for need not be that large.

Look for a different plant, like a fern, a mushroom, or any plant that is different and that will stand out from its surroundings. Now use that plant compositionally to add interest. Here is another image shot a little further back.

By looking for and adding interest our images becomes more, well, interesting. Remember that the human eye always tends to look at that which is different. Let's use that to our advantage when we compose our images.

        Enjoy your forest hikes.