Hello Boris, Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 12:08:01 PM, you wrote:
BL> Hi! BL> http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=190899 BL> I've been told that this photo has broken composition. It is as if BL> there are two separates shots inside one - one with lower lamp and the BL> other one with the lamp above. The two lamps are competing with each other for the viewer's attention. But as you said, the lights and shadows connect them nicely. If I were to crop it, I would crop just above the lower lamp. But that would be another picture:) BL> Here is the question: is this composition really broken into two BL> halves? No. It is a nice diagonal composition. In my opinion you can have two subjects in the same frame. And as the upper lamp is dominant, it can be seen as the "main subject", and the lower lamp as a complement to it. As you can see I'm rather controversal about this photo. It is good as is, and cropping out the lower lamp would make another good photo. Can't decide which one I would like better. BL> What defines a composition that is whole? Good question, but I can't answer it. I think that it depends on the vision of the photographer. Attila
