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[vriad_lee]

about the bulbs: i first chose the first, but then my good friend natasha said that she liked the second pic better. funny how everyone said 'first'. i'm with the crowd! i think that the second picture is more of a still-life, and i think it looks much cozier

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[sylys.livejournal.com]

That's a perfect example of the 3-thirds rule,
the main subjects of the picture are the bulbs,
if you put them right in the centre, the eye
finds it somewhat plain and boring, whereas
if you introduce assymetry in your picture
by putting the main subjects at a 1/3 distance
of the edges, the eye finds it much nicer,
original and exciting.

*though of course,
as with every rule,
exceptions are numerous*

[vriad-lee.livejournal.com]

that's *exactly* what i call dirty photography tricks!

[sylys.livejournal.com]

Um, what matters in the end is that the picture is pleasing and inspiring, no ?

Of course there is this sort of intuitive idea that
art should be all natural and flowing. Accidental almost.
But well, that's not the way it works (i suppose, for i have
no pretention to be an artist, but quite surely painters and sculptors
spend hours pre-thinking and planning their realizations).

I don't think it would be fair to say an artpiece
has less merit because it was carefully worked on.