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05/03/2005 05:44:55 PM · #1 |
Greetings...
Has anyone ever heard of a compositional rule about diagonals entering and leaving the frame in the corners? I keep hearing about it at my camera club and I'm trying to find more information about it...
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05/03/2005 05:51:17 PM · #2 |
:-)
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05/03/2005 05:56:38 PM · #3 |
check out this article...
//photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_lines.html
there are a ton of other really good articles on that site as well on all this dealing with composition, view points, colors, etc.
//photoinf.com/
Message edited by author 2005-05-03 17:57:13.
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05/03/2005 06:00:29 PM · #4 |
This photo is the reason I'm asking. I'm considering entering it in a local camera club competition. However, I have heard over and over from this group that lines should NOT leave or enter the frame from a corner. I have never heard the explanation why though... That's what I'm looking for.
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05/03/2005 06:04:10 PM · #5 |
| That sounds odd to this newbie. I like photos that flow diagonally. Seems I read something about Golden Triangles not long ago where a diagonal line is used to line up elements. |
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05/03/2005 06:09:01 PM · #6 |
You can't really define a "why". I know the rule, though. To take it to an extreme, imagine a rectangular image that's pure black and white, with the diagonal from lower left to upper right precisely in the corners; everything on top is white, beneath is black. The composition, so the thinking goes, is "static". You need to break the static element, so the thinking goes, by lifting one or the other of the corners so the split is not 50/50.
This applies even when only ONE line is exiting in a corner. there's somethign about that precise placement that's edgy, not-right looking. Here's an example from my professional days; imagine the composition if the upper left were a straight exit of the sweeping curve, and you can see how this framing is preferable.
In your example, I wouldn't worry about it. The diagonal in question is a subordinate element, and the lighting puts it slightly off-corner anyway.
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05/03/2005 06:14:40 PM · #7 |
Don't quote me but I think the theory is that you are lead into he image(Visually) by the diagonal then straight out the other side. Your eye does not get chance to settle on a specific.
Dynamic composition is similar to the rule of thirds. A good location for the point of interest is found by imagining a diagonal line from one corner to an opposite crner. Then, imagine a second lin perpendicular to the first from a third corner. Where the lines intersect is a good location for the point of interest.
Don't know if this helps?
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05/03/2005 06:30:22 PM · #8 |
| The only thing I've read about it is not to have the line broken before they reach their destination or exit the frame. So in your picture the flower breaks the flow of the stem/line and thus the image could be considered divided. |
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05/03/2005 06:33:07 PM · #9 |
| I've always thought that it made an image appear artificially constructed/too neat/too 'right side of the brain' if an element emerges neatly from a corner...perhaps even the result of some very rigid cropping. My wife always tries to stop me hanging pictures in our rooms totally symmetrically for the same reason! It's an interesting exercise to go and look at your own portfolio in the light of this thread. Ben. |
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05/03/2005 06:52:01 PM · #10 |
| I've also read somewhere that, although composition is improved by having leading lines entering or leaving through corners, they should not be too neatly aligned with the corners: they should be framed close to corners, perhaps due to what Ben has explained - the image might appear too artificial and, thus, boring or non interesting. |
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