Horizontal and Vertical Lines

The steps seen from the underside are the most noticeable feature of the image but they are joined by the horizontal lines of the lower steps.

The horizon is the obvious horizontal in this image that is enhanced by the large area of sky. There is also the difference between the yellow of the field and the dark of the town (Southwold in Suffolk) providing a strong horizontal line.

The horizontal lines in this image are formed by the upper windows and the feature between the upper and lower windows. 

Whilst this image has strong horizontal lines both in the steps and the brickwork the nature of the image draws the eye upwards towards the light grey wall on the left and the banister rail on the right. At the top the eye notices the slight curve of the top four steps created by the light catching the worn edges.

I was unsure whether to include this image but the other two that I gave serious consideration too:-

one was of a very similar type to the horizon picture and the other the horizontal (the base of the riders platform) is perhaps dominated by the paintings underneath.

One of the other images that made it to the 'short-list:-

was also an horizon but the horizontal line is marked by the difference between the dark, almost black, of the ground and the paler evening sky. I did wonder if this was sufficiently different to warrant inclusion but in the end decided against it.

The next four images contain vertical lines.

I found this to be an easy choice. The rigidity of the figure and its dominance in the image makes it a very obvious vertical.

Here is a slightly less obvious one. The vertical nature of the fountain and its 'brightness' draws the eye towards it despite the clutter and colour around.  

Here there are verticals in abundance that are emphasised by the angular nature of the structure. 

Another dominant vertical that dominates the image. Although there has been some cropping of the original image to isolate the object from the surrounding machinery it was the eye-catching element by a long way.

The most interesting part of this exercise was finding examples that were different. Horizontal and vertical lines are not difficult to find although they majority lie in the man made environment. Of those shown above only one, the horizon, is not man made.