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Tips on Composition

So you already know that the rule of thirds, leading lines, and framing your photo are some of the basic photography composition techniques photographers commonly use. Here are a few other not so common composition techniques that can set your photos apart from the rest!

Photograph By Manjot Singh

I took this photo at Bhartpur Bird national park a few years ago. See how the Bird is placed on the right so your eye travels past the negative space and then feels complete when you hit the right side of the image?

Left to Right

Put the focus point of your subject more to the right side rather than the left. Our eyes are used to reading text left to right, just like you are reading this article, so follow the same idea in your photos. No, this is not the rule of thirds or leading lines; rather, it draws your viewer’s eye in to the photo.

Try this little exercise to see what I mean: Take one of your photos that has the focus point on the left and use some photo editing software to flip it over. See any difference? In the photo with the left focus point, you look at the subject and then quit looking. But in the one with the right focus point, you automatically look across the entire photo. Same photo, different result.

Obviously you wouldn’t want to apply this rule blindly, but in some situations I have found it to make the composition just slightly more interesting.

Break the rules!

Don’t be afraid to break the rules and try something new. There are times when breaking the rules is precisely what makes a photo stand out from all the rest.

You can see a beautiful picture of a sunset that I have taken in rainy days ruined by two points that I marked , One is building on the left side and the other tower is near the sun. But I didn't want to ruin this shot.

See How I make it creative art.

Photograph By Manjot Singh

Now see the difference without building and tower , Composition look better and bird flying on the right also catch the viewer's eye.

Tips

1) Cropped To Avoid Buildings

2) Tower washed out with Spot Healing Tool with PS CS 6

3) Use Clogn Stamp Tool With Photoshop CS 6

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