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UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES - Miraflores Locks, Panama

December 7, 2021

A photography can be assessed from many angles in order to say if a photography is good or not, some more subjective than others. It can be assessed with technical and compositional aspects, with the consideration of the difficulty behind to take it, on the creativity of the concept, on the emotional impact it may create on the viewer, on the genuine and rareness of the instant it froze, but the perspective, access or angle from which a picture is taken is definitely a key parameter to consider, as this aspect on its own can boost the interest and drive the attention towards a certain photography. The reason is evident, to show a subject from a perspective from which is not commonly seen, it just attracts more attention and curiosity to it.

My recommendation is that whenever you have the access to visit a place that is not commonly open or very remote, or if you will fly, dive, or will have a position from which you will experience a different perspective of an environment, or simply to see something that is not easily accessed by people, use it to take a unique photography! 

The example above is a picture taken during a stay for a day with one of the tugboats operating the transit of vessels through the Panama Canal. The view and perspective of the Canal docks opening from this front line and low height is definitely a different perspective from the one most of visitors may have from the visitors’ terrace. It contributes with a new perspective to the common pictures taken from outside of the canal at the historic Miraflores locks. The above picture offers a perspective taken within the canal.

In this case, my profession allowed me to access that tug boat, but anyone of us have access or live in places that are unknown for many others. Think on the places, you may have access to due to your profession, hobbies, sport practices, etc, and try and photograph them, those may be completely new realities for other people.

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