NZPhotographer Issue 18, April 2019

POSSIBLE
IMPROVEMENTS
The first thing that catches
my eye right away about
this photo is the mistake of
not using the rule of thirds
properly or not using it at
all. Let's take a look at the
photo explanation:
We should always aim to
put our objects on vertical
lines or on the meeting
points where vertical and
horizontal lines meet (this is
for smaller objects). For this
particular photo, we should
be putting the ends of the
side by side buildings on
each of the vertical lines
to make it more visually
pleasing.
Another pretty significant thing
to improve in this photo is the
asymmetry.
As we can see from the photo
explanation, we should base
our symmetry around the
imagined line that is set in the
middle of the gap between
the two parallel buildings.
What does that mean? It
means that this line should
go through the center of
our scene, slicing it into two
identical halves. We should
always tend to recreate what
is on the left side of the line on
the right side too. Of course,
this is only applicable if the
scene is set up to allow us to
do that but this photo with the
two parallel buildings of similar
sizes is the perfect occasion.
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