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Tamron 70-180mm panoramic on the A7 - I love shooting/processing images taken in this way.

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From the Brockway Mountain trail, Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan.

Couple good examples of how central composition works well.

marcial4 wrote in post #19445749

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DCBB Photography wrote in post #19445759
I decided to try a different perspective at Lake Lanier a few days ago.

And this page also has excellent examples of how well off-center compositions work.

Archibald wrote in post #19445801
Couple good examples of how central composition works well.

And this page also has excellent examples of how well off-center compositions work.

I agree completely Archibald. One of the reasons that off center compositions work is because on average, they are visually unpredictable.

When we see something that is centered, the brain tends to accept that and fill in the rest because that's one of the things that people automatically look for when recognizing elements in the environment. When the comp is off-center, it makes our brains work a little bit harder to understand the POV. This can make the picture more successful since the viewer sticks around a bit longer to "understand" the image, and not run off in "an internet second" to the next shot.

The traditional master landscape painters were doing this centuries ago and many photographers today borrow from that technique, to great effect.

One good example of "off center" compositions is Lee Ratter's lovely shot of the foot bridge in post #2353.

From an artistic viewpoint there is an implied diagonal line running from the bridge to the white structure. This gives the photo energy. The picture doesn't just sit there like another static image. That implied diagonal leads the viewer's eye from left to right and creates a more robust visual narrative. In other words: "There's a story here, stick around and study the scene." Of course all of this is just my opinion .

sapearl wrote in post #19445819
One good example of "off center" compositions is Lee Ratter's lovely shot of the foot bridge in post #2353.

From an artistic viewpoint there is an implied diagonal line running from the bridge to the white structure. This gives the photo energy. The picture doesn't just sit there like another static image. That implied diagonal leads the viewer's eye from left to right and creates a more robust visual narrative. In other words: "There's a story here, stick around and study the scene." Of course all of this is just my opinion .

Off center is the default because we hear advice to this effect all the time. Avoid the center, rule of thirds, and so on. In general, IMO, the advice is not valid.

Visual arts compositions communicate. There is meaning to what is in the picture and how it is composed. The center is the most important part of a photo. Put the main subject in the center and it says, Look at me. It better be good, and appropriate, because it will get the attention.

Beginners put stuff in the center because that's the first thing they see on the screen or in the viewfinder. Often those photos lack balance and have other issues, plus the same composition all the time gets boring. Those folks can use a reminder to vary their compositions.

But there are many excellent photographic compositions with the subject appropriately in the center, and IMO it is worth noting that.

Archibald wrote in post #19445938
Off center is the default because we hear advice to this effect all the time. Avoid the center, rule of thirds, and so on. In general, IMO, the advice is not valid.

Visual arts compositions communicate. There is meaning to what is in the picture and how it is composed. The center is the most important part of a photo. Put the main subject in the center and it says, Look at me. It better be good, and appropriate, because it will get the attention.

Beginners put stuff in the center because that's the first thing they see on the screen or in the viewfinder. Often those photos lack balance and have other issues, plus the same composition all the time gets boring. Those folks can use a reminder to vary their compositions.

But there are many excellent photographic compositions with the subject appropriately in the center, and IMO it is worth noting that.

In my opinion it is a relationship between balance and tension. The image needs to be balanced, but not so much so that doesn't make you think about the image. If you can provide that relationship, particularly if you can do it with a unique perspective, you have a winner. Folliwing the various rules of composition religiously creates a predictable result and ultimately will look like more of the same. You have to keep pushing the edge and trying new things, which is why we mess up horribly sometimes.

sapearl wrote in post #19445819
One good example of "off center" compositions is Lee Ratter's lovely shot of the foot bridge in post #2353.

From an artistic viewpoint there is an implied diagonal line running from the bridge to the white structure. This gives the photo energy. The picture doesn't just sit there like another static image. That implied diagonal leads the viewer's eye from left to right and creates a more robust visual narrative. In other words: "There's a story here, stick around and study the scene." Of course all of this is just my opinion .

Thank you! I do agree. Most of the time..... But I also just as often go for the central composition.....

I think it very much depends on the image overall. The subject. The sky. The feel..... It's one of those things where there's not strictly a right or a wrong.

Middle Prong Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Once upon a time this was a golf course fairway....

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Cold Morning in Canaan Valley, 10/10/2022

Very nice FPP!

Thanks!

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Cold Morning in Canaan Valley, 10/10/2022

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In that first shot, by any chance is that a dedicated park where some restoration work is going on? I see what appear to be some caged saplings.