The first photo is a close up of a telephone pole. The small slits in the wood work together to form a pattern of vertical lines. And there are some darkly stained areas that form deep dark lines, and finally the grain of the wood runs vertically. There is shadow of a telephone line that creates a diagonal line which breaks things up and adds some interest.
This is a close up of corrugated metal on the side of a building. Highlights and dark areas form parallel vertical lines. What's interesting to me is that parallel vertical lines are less calming than parallel horizontal lines. I'm not quite sure why that is at this point. Vertical lines just seem aggressive somehow. That might not be the right word for it, maybe it's assertive. I guess it's like the difference between a person standing up and a person lying down.
This photo is of a piling in the left foreground, with boats in the background. The masts from the sailboats form a bunch of vertical lines. The sun was setting, and had just popped out from behind some dark clouds and really lit up the masts, especially against the dark sky. I like the swervy reflections of the masts in the water down in the lower right hand corner of the photo.
Last, here is a building with strong white lines against the background of dark windows. The trees on the right hand side are also vertically oriented, and break up the image a fair amount while still reinforcing the up and down flow a bit. Also, in this photo, I kept camera horizontal, so the vertical lines feel less exaggerated, and weaker. Less "assertive," if you will.
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