Figure 14-1: Salmonberry and Corn LilyThe relationships between the jagged salmonberry leaves and the sensuous corn lily surrounding them was spectacular. In Glacier National Park on a cloudy day, I aimed my 4×5 camera almost straight down, which eliminated shadows from higher leaves breaking up the forms of the lower leaves.
Does the image break “rules of composition” You bet it does. It breaks the foolish “rule of thirds,” which tells you a good composition should have the center of interest a third of the way into (from left or right) and a third of the way up (or down) from an edge. It’s a popular camera club rule with no valid justification ...
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