Inukshuk at English Bay

I have taken dozens of photos of the Inukshuk at English bay. Taken at different seasons in the year to different times during the day. I don’t think I can ever get bored photographing it and I do believe it is one of the most photographed objects in Vancouver, if not the most popular.

Today I was thinking about how shooting a subject from different angles and how changing your angle or point-of-view can impact the result of a photograph. Let’s take the two following photographs I took today:

The photo above was taken up on a hill with the sun to my back. The colours are pretty good and the Inukshuk stands out pretty well against the background. I probably could have used a larger aperture to give more separate of the background, but it hopefully does look like the main subject of focus.

Even though I took this particular photo before the one at the top, it doesn’t have the same umph I think. It’s also why I moved and took the photo from the other angle. It might be a bit different than most photographs of the Inukshuk that one might see online or in a store, but I guess it really depends on what you’re looking for when photographing a subject.

Out of the two photos above, which angle do you prefer? What would you do differently?