"BEAUTY CAN BE SEEN IN ALL THINGS, SEEING AND COMPOSING THE BEAUTY IS WHAT SEPARATES THE SNAPSHOT FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH,"
-matt hardy-
I took this picture at the Fort Fisher civil war battleground in Wilmington NC on Wednesday.
normally I don't put much thought in the composition of a photograph while I'm taking it, but this time I really focused on it, and I'll admit, I was more than pleased with my results.
The door frame on the bottom left was so antiquey that it deserved a photo, but by itself it seemed a little dull and uninteresting. The same with the 6 large mounds that were original to the site, and the old fence that had darling vines growing on them (morning glories, I think).
The three subjects were all boring by themselves, so I combined them. Instead of using manual focus to get a shallow depth of field and focus on one of the (three) subjects, I used a low aperture to get a wide depth of field for this shot, so that all of the subjects were in focus at one time.
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One of the best tips I can give for good composition is not to center anything. It creates boring photographs. If you look at this photo, you'll see that the vines create a nice off-center focal point , but it does have a hint of symmetry in that the mound has the right side of the photo, and the door has the left.
have you ever gotten the composition just right in a photograph?
I'd love to see it!
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