The Three Basic Elements
This picture, that I took of the great Mayan ruins at Palenque, deep in the heart of the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico, in 1996, combines what I consider the three basic elements of good photography:
1. creative use of Depth of Field (notice that the jungle itself in the background is out of focus, thus pushing the ruins towards the viewer);
2. side lighting
3. the rule of three (you can actually see a diagonal from the bottom right to the top left that cuts the picture into 1/3/and 2/3; plus, the picture has just three elements - the temple at the top left, the stone terraces in the middle, and the jungle in the background.
posted by Worth Weller @ 4:17 PM
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I am start getting the idea of rule of three. I see how the lighting and background out of focus can focus on the main object.
I am start getting the idea of rule of three. I see how the lighting and background out of focus can focus on the main object.
Parvinder Nanua
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