I call it white space, which is more of a graphic design term. In art/composition it is usually called "negative space". It's not something I came up with. : ) The negative space (sky) in the building photo that started this thread helps to make the building height look more imposing than it would if it was cropped out (IMHO).
http://www.tutorial9.net/articles/design/enhancing-your-art-with-negative-space/ http://www.photographyicon.com/negativespace/ http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-3/mag1-3mf1.shtml Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
