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Composition: subject in center ?
Posted by bnilesh on January 27th, 2011 | 5 comments | 210 views
Every beginner in photography does one mistake which professionals don't like i.e. keeping subject in the center of the frame. He must have been bombarded for not doing that mistake again by seniors .
This place is considered having less visual attention of the viewer. A subject in center divides the frame equally & may confuse the viewer where to look at? This offers a less visual weight to the subject.As soon as subject is moved from the center of the image gets a dynamic feel from a static. The golden point according to very famous rule of composition which is Rule of thirds.
In this image I have placed the egg in center of the frame but is it really not visually interesting? The answer is yours since it is going to be subjective. I think dividing the entire frame using shapes of circles helps the viewers eyes to recognize the subject with an ease (Ref: Gestalt Law of grouping). So the egg in the centered portion doesn't matter to much, in fact it is catching the viewers attention without loosing interest. If the subject was only egg then there will be enough space to divert viewers eye in entire frame.
A centered subject can also be made interesting by using virtual lines leading to the subject. It will avoid the viewers eye to wondering everywhere unnecessarily while guiding it to the subject of interest. Image 2. is an example illustrating this.
Your feedback will surely help. Kindly correct me if you find anything wrong here.
This place is considered having less visual attention of the viewer. A subject in center divides the frame equally & may confuse the viewer where to look at? This offers a less visual weight to the subject.As soon as subject is moved from the center of the image gets a dynamic feel from a static. The golden point according to very famous rule of composition which is Rule of thirds.
In this image I have placed the egg in center of the frame but is it really not visually interesting? The answer is yours since it is going to be subjective. I think dividing the entire frame using shapes of circles helps the viewers eyes to recognize the subject with an ease (Ref: Gestalt Law of grouping). So the egg in the centered portion doesn't matter to much, in fact it is catching the viewers attention without loosing interest. If the subject was only egg then there will be enough space to divert viewers eye in entire frame.A centered subject can also be made interesting by using virtual lines leading to the subject. It will avoid the viewers eye to wondering everywhere unnecessarily while guiding it to the subject of interest. Image 2. is an example illustrating this.
Your feedback will surely help. Kindly correct me if you find anything wrong here.
Comments
Very interesting information.
agree with all comments, your two examples shows very well that a subject centered is not always a bad choice. I like very much the second one, with the lines in the clothes covering the coin.
Your 2 examples clearly shows that the general rule can't be applied everywhere. In your case, the centered subjects works very well.
We must also consider the global composition and feeling: for example in my pic 886278 the face is quite centered, but the global compo with the colored dress in foreground makes a different feeling (IMO).
We must also consider the global composition and feeling: for example in my pic 886278 the face is quite centered, but the global compo with the colored dress in foreground makes a different feeling (IMO).
There is no doubt that formal rules do produce aesthetically pleasing compositions, but it is always the constructive modification, or even total disregard of formal rules, that produce the most exciting and dynamic images. Something to bear in mind when composing your image.
# posted by Christian C on January 27th, 2011 1:55 pm
I agree. I think that the rule of thirds is very useful for landscapes but for objects picture a centering can be very good, like in your two photos.