" There is a natural tendency among beginners to center the
> subject of
> interest, resulting in composition that is not very
> pleasant. "
You do not have to follow rules. I have been critiqued over horizons in the
past and frankly I could care less. Its how I see the photo. Perhaps I wanted
it that way. As you said the horizon can be changed during PP. In the posted
image the horizon works out nicely. The image is pleasing.
>
> Why? You can always take the picture and crop it
> later and center it if you
> like.
>
> You guys are very harsh on composition rules... No one has
> to follow any
> rules, but these so-called rules exist for a good reason.
>
> If you are dealing with prints and computer-presented
> images, you can always
> crop and change the composition to present the picture
> differently than
> recorded. But when shooting stereo slides (my area of
> interest) there are
> no good ways to crop, so you have to show the picture
> pretty much
> as-recorded.
>
> The worse
> offense IMO is to put the eyes of people at the center of
> the frame. This
> leaves a lot of empty space at the top and crops the
> bottom. It's a big
> mistake and beginners (and many not-so beginners) do it all
> the time.
>
> George
>
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