Patti‘s challenge this week is all about using Foreground, Middle Ground and Background to make your shot more interesting. Please visit her original post for brilliant examples!

I will use some of my latest photos from Africa, even though they will not be as diverse examples as Patti´s.

At the Victoria Falls Hotel: Chairs and tables are in the foreground, a bar in the middle and a painted balcony in the background. Even if this is not a symmetric picture, everything is in harmony.

This is a picture of very short perspective, but I can still see the three levels – zebra paintings in the foreground, painter in the middle and more paintings in the background.

The artist, Lemington Muzhingi, was a very warm person and when I asked about his art, he told us the moving story of how he became a skilled artist. As a child he admired his big brother, who effortlessly painted anything around him. When Lemington tried to paint like him, he was laughed at and mocked, so he hid his paintings under the carpet and continued to secretely practice. One day another boy in his class found one of his paintings and showed it to the teacher. That was the starting point for Lemington’s career and now he is a dedicated painter selling all over the world.

Back to the restaurant for dinner! Grass and branches in the foreground, the restaurant in the middle and clouds and more trees in the background.

Patti invites us to join in and share up to 3 photos that use this technique from our archives or from a photo walk. Link to her original post and use the “lens-artists” tag so we can find your post in the Reader.

A Big thanks to Tina and her beautiful Phone Challenge that proved phones are ready for primetime photography – and for me to practice… Next week Sofia returns with next challenge on Saturday, April 11th at noon EST. In the meantime, have fun and stay inspired!