Between light and darkness, shooting pattern photographs in the rainforests of Australia! With @harrypope / Australia is home to some of the most ancient forests in the world. Among all the forests in Australia, the rainforests deserve a special mention - from the Daintree Rainforest in the north of Queensland to the cool, misty temperate rainforests of Tasmania. The Daintree Rainforest, for instance, is estimated to be around 180 million years old (it is the oldest tropical lowland rainforest in the world) and is home to 13 of the world’s primitive flowering plant species. Many plant species found at the Daintree are millions of years older than the dinosaurs, and you can still enjoy them. They all offer an endless range of possible patterns for your photography! Trees and their shapes, colors, and textures contain fascinating patterns. Pattern photography is a great way to combine visual elements and design to create and compose images, and its essence lies in integrating repetition into your photographs. These images beautifully captured by @harrypope are a great example because they emphasize the core element at hand, the trees, highlighting the different details of the natural structures in a cohesive, organized, and intriguing way. The fifth image of this series is also worth noting, showing that pattern photography is not all about using repetition. You can also break the repetition of an element to highlight the pattern. If you want to practice pattern photography while enjoying the fresh air, try to recognize the repetitive and contrasting elements surrounding you. Then, try to break down in your mind what you see, focusing on the colors, lines, shapes, and tones. Colors can help you form a pattern as long as they are cohesive and show a recurrence or rhythm. When you get lines together, you will also get a good pattern. In this case, the angle you choose to photograph the line pattern from and the frame will affect the overall impact. And finally, the tones formed by light and shadows can also help you create these patterns worth photographing. These images are a great example of a repeated tonal variation between light and darkness!