Some are King Fishers and Some Wannabe
Uploaded: April 24, 2005
PS work included blurs, multiplications, overlays, & auto levels
Kate Jackson May 22, 2005
Yes, I see what you mean Pam. I agree with Protacio and Sharon. But how come I like this and prefer it to the landscape version and yet it ignores the two-third rule? #252340Pam M May 22, 2005
I think it gets by because of the color flow break in the top third, and/or there's also a visual break in focus after the first third, and also there's the fact that each third tells a seperate, straight-forward story ...also there are quite a few design elements and priciples at play
line (water ripples, bridge, land, tower, sky)
symetry (bird reflections and also the water color in front is a reflection of the top portion of the sky while the land and bridge are a symetrical with the dark portion of the sky)
square/rectangular shapes (in the bridge and water tower)
depth of field (the birds, bridge, land, water tower, and sky ... each one walks us through a visual/logical order)
motion (the cars, birds, and water ripples)
Okay ... yeah ... I'm over-focusing to distract myself ;) ... but ... i'm sure there's more ... like various Gestalt theories.
but ... i'm going to let go ... for the moment ;)
Here's what annoys me about this pic: it tilts visually (not logically ... the water tower keeps swearing to me that it's verticle).
Because I shot this pic at a slight angle, the perspective seems to me to hold up best in the landscape. I don't think this crop is helped any by the upward swing of the sky on the right.
Maybe if I smudged out that water tower, I could get by with rotating it clockwise another touch.
Have fun,
pam #1381665
Kate Jackson May 23, 2005
I wonder if you will try doing that? I know you like the water tower but actually I think that could work. #1383725Pam M May 23, 2005
Ok ... Lesson Learned ... Just because small verticals are "vertical" ... doesn't mean they can't tolerate a 1.5 degree turn ...I rotated it 1.5 degrees and the little verticals still think they are vertical!!
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Pam M May 23, 2005
#1385419Kate Jackson May 23, 2005
Great lesson to remember! #1385565Matthew Gordon May 23, 2005
Great shot Pam but the tower has to go. #1387604Pam M May 23, 2005
Thanks Kate!..............
Matt Dear, You and Protacio will just have to keep each other company (he didn't like the tower either ;) ... I'm keeping the tower ... mainly because I tried that before I put this one up ... and woah ... that tower acts like an anchor for some reason ... so it stays ... as does the car on the right.
have fun,
me
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Pam M July 30, 2005
HEY KATE,I've found another reason this crop can break the rule of thirds ... divisions of an image through the middle increases tension. So ... if that's true ... then it's possible that the division somehow increses the expectation of action ???
what do you think?
Note to me: the thing I really want to go back and revisit is this ... what would happen if I recrop the original in a way that puts the tower and car more on the axis of the vertical thirds ...
have fun,
me
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