Motif #1, Rockport, MA
Oct 20, 2019 07:04:04 #
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Oct 20, 2019 07:46:28 #
Very Nice! A wall-hanger for sure.
This raises a question in my mind, however, and i’ll open it to the group. I have heard a “rule” of composition that the horizon line should not be at the enter of an image. Yet, this image is superb with the horizon just slightly above center. Could it have been “better” shifted either up or down? Is the horizon such an insignificant part of the image that the “rule” does not apply? Is this just a rule meant to be broken? I would love to hear comments.
This raises a question in my mind, however, and i’ll open it to the group. I have heard a “rule” of composition that the horizon line should not be at the enter of an image. Yet, this image is superb with the horizon just slightly above center. Could it have been “better” shifted either up or down? Is the horizon such an insignificant part of the image that the “rule” does not apply? Is this just a rule meant to be broken? I would love to hear comments.
Oct 20, 2019 07:55:09 #
Interesting and valid point. This was shot with the widest end of a 70-200. I could not move further back. I wanted to get the boats into it in the bottom right. Plus enough of the orange background. I guess rules are rules. But sometimes they have to be broken in order to get the shot. Often times the pieces in a scene dictate the composition.
Oct 20, 2019 08:10:28 #
MrBumps2U wrote:
Kay said it best; however, I hope you'll consider creating a new topic and asking for photo examples (a "share/discussion") so that more people will see your question. An excellent location for this would be Landscape Forum:Very Nice! A wall-hanger for sure. br br This ra... (show quote)
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-132-1.html
For Kay's image, I don't see it as a negative because there is so much visual weight in the foreground - you don't get the sense that the image is cut in half; and the horizon itself is only visible on the right side so your eye can't follow it across the frame.
Oct 20, 2019 09:17:47 #
MrBumps2U wrote:
Very Nice! A wall-hanger for sure. br br This ra... (show quote)
IMHO some "rules" are meant to be broken. Kay wanted to not cut-off any of the foreground elements. If she was a stickler for rules, moving the image "up" just a tad would have given the boats a little more "breathing room" and put her horizon very close to the upper Golden Mean line. Not really necessary, though., I love this shot.
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Oct 20, 2019 10:23:20 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
PixelStan77 wrote:
Kay, Outstanding Peaceful Sunrise Landscape. Perfect capture. This image should be selling in a Fine Art Gallery in Rockport.
As someone who has photographed Motif #1 on several visits, I can say that there are hundreds of similar images in the galleries in Rockport.
Oct 20, 2019 10:23:29 #
Nicely composed and exposed. All rules have to be taken with BIG dose of salt.
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Oct 20, 2019 13:36:44 #
Kay135 wrote:
Taken this morning.
So nice a shot and Mass. is such a lovely place year round. I love to visit it as well as most of New England states.
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