Taken through a hotel window so the image isn't super clear. I think leaving the little strip on the right of the "horizon" kind of breaks the plainness of the overall picture.
Taken through a hotel window so the image isn't super clear. I think leaving the little strip on the right of the "horizon" kind of breaks the plainness of the overall picture.
I like it, Charles! Especially your peripheral details - the two strips on each side that draw my eye, and most particularly the lamp's shadow at the bottom. At first glance, I thought you'd carelessly left in an extraneous distraction with that shadow, but now it actually makes the image for me.
Quite bold compositional choices - you've failed spectacularly with the rule of thirds, tut, tut. Well done!
Thanks very much. I've been taking photos for so long and I've been through tens of thousands of famous photos, so I'm aware what's been done before. It really is hard to come up with something truly new. I don't know if I need to say but this is cropped.
You do excellent work yourself! (And after seeing your photos, I can see why you appreciate my photo.)
Thanks, Charles.
Yes, I think the 'distractions' add an extra element to the image, inviting te eye to investigate.
Jumping on Chris's 'rule of thirds' reference - I think what you have achieved between the light and dark elements is balance, which trumps the 1/3rds rule any day as far as I'm concerned.
Well spotted!
Thanks. I'm not sure if I've ever used or even thought about the rule of thirds in any of my photos. I've most likely have but I've just never thought about it.
Don't bother, Charles! You've transcended it.
;-)