The 52-week photography project: springtime images of Grand Island and Buffalo

The theme for week number sixteen of the 52-week photography project is “leading lines.” This is considered to be a “storytelling” theme.


“Leading lines” attract attention by literally leading your eye through a photograph. The line could be straight or somewhat curved but you will look at that line to guide you to an interesting point in the photograph. Many things can be depicted as showing leading lines, including a row of buildings, a shoreline, a road, railroad tracks, tree branches, and more. For this challenge, it was specifically mentioned that participants take pictures of anything but railroad tracks. 


Here are a series of “leading line” photographs, taken at various times in Grand Island and in Buffalo. 

The fence is used either for decorative or for agricultural uses. (Grand Island images)

East River Road, Grand Island

Mirror Lake is part of Delaware Park, designed in in 1868 by Frederick Law Olmsted, who had previously designed Central Park in New York City.

This is a view of the Mirror Lake shoreline as seen from the vantage point of a rowboat in the lake.

The system of parks that Mr. Olmsted designed for Buffalo was the first urban parks system designed in the United States.

Staircase in River Lea, in Beaver Island State Park. River Lea is the head- quarters of the Grand Island Historical Society.

Staircase in the Buffalo History Museum.

flooded wetland near Huth Road, Grand Island, looking very much like a small body of water.

This is the side of the Buffalo History Museum that faces Mirror Lake and the Japanese Garden.

cherry blossoms. Next week: Stay tuned for the next theme in the 52-week photography project.