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Taken during the Nemo blizzard of 2013.
This shot was composed using Rule of Thirds as the underlying base framework, and was set up to lead the eye into and out of the frame; the ‘horizon’, where the trees in the distance meet the ground, is set roughly one third up from the bottom of the frame.
This particular spot was chosen because it gives a short ‘S’ curve, curves like this tickle the eye, and makes the viewer want to follow its trail. It was also essential to show the enormity of the forest, so the ‘horizon’ is actually set a little bit below the bottom third.
This choice was based on the simple fact that adding more to the foreground at the bottom would not add value to the image, but more of the trees at the top most certainly would.
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8 sec @ f/8 with 100 ISO
85mm on a 70-200mm Canon f/4L - Canon 5D MkII
Shot in Raw, processed in Lightroom CC 2020 and Photoshop CC 2020
Nicolas de Staël (French, born Russia 1914-1955)
Composition / 1946
Oil on canvas
The Art Institute of Chicago
Natural composition.
Plage de Penhors, Pouldreuzic (Finistère).
Penhors beach, Pouldreuzic, Britanny, France.