Related to my Osprey composition GREAT LINK Discussion

[Alfred Forns]

Had lots of comments regarding the osprey I just posted moving away and not into dead space within the frame, thought I would bring this discussion form the begging of the year.

A while back Sid posted a thread regarding composition for a particular image. Image of a fox running away from the frame which Sid, Fabs and I found at Thomas Mangelsen's gallery in Jackson WY.

I thought it was my favorite image in the gallery and caught my eye. The thread is interesting and a good read. I think not all images are or should be conforming to every rule we can think of and some creativity is good.

Again this is not to say that every image turning out wrong you can point out it was done to be creative ... but some are :)

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[Ann Fiske]

Thanks for posting this Al. Very interesting discussion. Still deciding whether that image (the fox) pleases me or not. It took a while, but your Osprey works, but I can't put my finger on why. :D

Ann

[Tom Graham]

Interesting photo of the running fox and the following discussion.
But that is all the photo is to me, just interesting. And that was my first, last and only reaction - hmmm, that's interesting. So it did engage me on an intellectual level for a bit. A photo I really like will make me smile, that one did not.
Tom

[Ann Fiske]

For me, it was my first impression upon opening the fox photograph that the fox was pasted there. Once I get around that, I can appreciate it.

It does make me smile.

[Alfred Forns]

At the gallery that was the one picture I liked best, it was a small frame among huge ones but caught my eye.
Have no real explanation !

In general images with the main object looking out of the frame are not going to work or small in frame placed in the middle, they are not rules but strong guidelines !!!