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Wingtip: Symmetry and Asymmetry (Read 642 times)
Oct 15th, 2007 at 8:35pm

ThomasKaira   Offline
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I, personally, like to have aseries of asymmetries across all the grounds (foreground, middleground, background) that all come together to form one well balanced image that is easy to look at. If the foreground is the plane, for example, I try to not have the plane centered in the shot, because to me, beauty in photography does not come from symmetry in your grounds, but asymmetries that equal out.

Plus, having asymmetries in a picture allows you to have less of the foreground, middleground or background being blocked in by each other. Wink

Symmetry is important, but it is NOT an axiom.
 
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Reply #1 - Oct 15th, 2007 at 11:26pm

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Great personal opinion here concerning perspectives and composition. Helpful, quick and informative..and..it's up at the Wingtips section of our tuorial lilbrary already.  Smiley
 

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