I agree with Paul. To me compostition is about how to take the eyes of the spectatores for a I ride around/into the picture. So, often, it's about lines. It's also about light. The bright parts seem to catch the eyes first. Bright parts of a photograph need to be important(essential - or at least to lead the eyes to where the messages is. This is one of the reasons, that a portrait with a very bright background (passport photographs) are rarely very pleasing. The eyes want to wander away from the face and the essential part of the image. This can be mended in a way, by creating dark corners (oposite vignetting) - to create a bright, central part of the image.
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. februar 2005 02:28 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: learning composition (was Re: PESO: Automaton) You have a very good sense of composition and frame. I find almost all of these quite excellent. The only exception would be the windmill, which appears somewhat awkward and disjointed to my eye. But the others are very good. The staircase is a great composition, so too the graffiti. The frosted tree is a very pretty shot. Nice work and welcome to the list. Paul Stenquist On Feb 13, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Eric Featherstone wrote: > At 04:26 am 12/02/2005, frank theriault wrote: >> Hi, Eric, >> >> Why do you think you need to learn more about composition? I bet you >> know more than you think. >> >> I think you should post pix to the list immediately, so we can all >> ponder your compositional skills (or lack thereof <g>), and tell you >> what you did wrong, and how you should have taken the photos <vbg>. >> >> Seriously, I think it would be a good thing to post a few, just to see >> what other people think of your work. If you've been taking photos >> for 15 years, you must have a few... <vbg> >> >> BTW, the advice that others gave you WRT books to read and things to >> do is all great, and you should do it. >> >> And, before I go, welcome to the list. >> >> If you've been lurking for some time, you likely already know this, >> but if you don't, remember: Don't believe anything I say. >> >> cheers, >> frank > > > Firstly, many thanks to William, Shel, Collin, Bob and Frank (did I > miss anyone?) for your welcome and advice, it's all noted and I'll try > out your suggestions. Well, some at least, I'll see how time goes ;-) > > Actually I have already tried one of the ideas, in part, using the MX > with 50mm only. I went out with a roll of XP2 trying to find patterns, > lines, textures etc. Not so many of the photos turned out to be > interesting but some of the better ones are on the web. > > Frank, well I have a few boxes of photos, going back prior the the > K1000 too! Some are already on the web, so I'll pick on a few; > Beginning with some I do like: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2829464 > (me super, 50mm) subdued colours of the fading shop front and bright > colours of the fruit > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2815949 > (me super, 50mm) wasn't really sure how to compose that so tried to > get some things on thirds > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1695498 > (mx, 50mm) again, probably just trying to use thirds (it was some time > ago) > > And some that I don't feel are particularly interesting: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3012317 > (k1000, 50mm+2(?) extension tubes) Since there have been several > snowflake photos recently I've included this frosted window. It has > technical problems, I know, but I can probably fix them by using a > tripod and more careful alignment to the window. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2437740 > (mx, 50mm) another window, but rather warmer! > > and finally (since it is late) > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1654796 > (mx and 50mm again) some steps I spent a long while trying to > compose... > > Feel free to comment etc. > > Cheers, > Eric. > >
