A man greets the day with exercise along a canal – an image alternating energy with tranquility. I placed the man to the left of the frame, and began the flow of stonework lining the canal precisely in the lower left hand corner. It draws the eye to the man, and then proceeds to diagonally flow to the bridge in the upper right hand corner. I also saw the other man crossing the bridge, and waited until his reflection was visible between the trees to make this picture. This is a complicated image with many different forms – two people, lots of stonework, water, trees, and a bridge. All of which create the two opposing forces in the image – energy and tranquility. The purpose of my composition is to organize everything so that the eye flows easily to the key points of the picture and to intensify contrast between the movement of the man’s arms and the stillness of the rest of the image.