Lonnnnnng garage

[DirtyDFeckers]

There are no real 'rules' of composition.

However, in the thousands of years that visual art has been done it has become recognised that there are compositional guidelines/ideologies that work more effectively than others, and the concept of visual image strength emerged.

Some images simply have more visual impact than others, though often a slight change in the composition and framing for an image can have a big impact on how strong, or weak the final image turns out to be.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Very well said.

 

[Petraio Prime]

There are always choices in making a composition. In this case, a less than 5° turn clockwise would have gotten the end of the roofline in frame and probably reduced if not removed the near wall which is superfluous, thus leaving only the supporting poles. A much better result methinks.

Well I was interested in the poles too, and there was only a small amount of room to manouver...it just was about the best that could be done under the circumstances...

 

[Petraio Prime]

Are rules of composition universally agreed upon? Or are there different "schools"? How much can be objectively called right and wrong and how much is left to personal taste?

The 'rules' of composition are not as flexible as many think, but they are not really 'rules' either. There are only so many ways to compose some things in a photo; but other cases may be very different.

In other words, it depends on the subject matter. This structure really was interesting, but a shorter lens would not have allowed me to fill the frame, and getting closer with a shorter lens would not have kept the two ends at such a similar size.

What I am trying to say is that the extreme length of this garage made photographing it challenging and at the same time interesting. The fact that the roofline 'waved' was what interested me most.

 

[kundalini]

Damn, I thought you were brown bread.

Well I was interested in the poles too, and there was only a small amount of room to manouver...it just was about the best that could be done under the circumstances...

Given the length of the structure, it really could not be done differently.

Backpeddling are we?

It is still my position that an ever so slight change in your camera angle on this shot would have yeilded a better composition. I wasn't there, so this is only a guess..... but a logical one.

For your records...... it's spelled "manoeuver".

 

[Petraio Prime]

Damn, I thought you were brown bread.

Well I was interested in the poles too, and there was only a small amount of room to manouver...it just was about the best that could be done under the circumstances...

Given the length of the structure, it really could not be done differently.

Backpeddling are we?

It is still my position that an ever so slight change in your camera angle on this shot would have yeilded a better composition. I wasn't there, so this is only a guess..... but a logical one.

For your records...... it's spelled "manoeuver".

I knew I had misspelled it but didn't have time. The garage was across the street from an old factory, and it had a small parking garage in it and I had to be in the back of that to frame it right. I had to use a very long lens to compress the whole thing this way. You just would have to be there to see what it was like. I wanted to get as many poles in as possible too. I shot a couple rolls, and this is just about the best one.

It's torn down now, sadly. I think I took these about 2007 or so.