Exercise 19 - A single figure small

I was out looking for pictures around Lyme Regis to illustrate this exercise and, saw this backpack all alone on the shingle beach. I know it's not a figure but it looked good, and then along came a seagull and friend into the picture, even better.

 Sans seagull

With seagull

I think the seagull adds a balance and interest that the first picture was lacking. I always think that an object placed on the left hand side looks better as it allows the eye to move around the picture and the seagull draws it back round again. Sans seagull your eye would move on out of the picture and on to the next one. 

Single figure small

I took this picture of the fisherman further along the beach and liked the way his legs were almost a mirror image of the stand he was using to support his fishing rod. See what you think.

Additional images
You can see some of the pictures I took for this exercise online at the following address:

http://picasaweb.google.com/108069021696054915962/Ex19SmallInPicture?authkey=Gv1sRgCOHV7ZbL-8TAUw#

From Art of Photography - Natural Light assignment

I also remembered this picture that I took for the Art of Photography Natural Light assignment. This was at the college I taught IT at where there were long corridors with windows along one side. I think this picture is just right with the figure walking away along the side, not in the centre of the corridor. I tried several different placements for the figure facing and walking away and finally decided that where she was here was just right.