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Posted by JL Morris on January 2, 2008

Three Trees

Posted under Black & White, Critiqued, Landscape

Three TreesThis is an excellent example of the rule of threes.  Graphically the combination of three like elements in an illustration works better than two.  I suppose it adds a little tension that two items generally do not.  

If we cut the photograph down to two trees it is still a nice photograph but lacks the power that the third tree supplies. The tree on the right adds interest and drama to the scene.  The whiteout conditions expose only a small amount of distant landscape on the left leaving the remainder of the horizon free to our imagination.  Also note that the horizon is one third of the distance from the bottom of the frame.

This is an excellent image; however the photographer may want to take a closer look at the detail in the white sky.  There appear to be a number of gray blemishes perhaps caused by something on the lens at the time of the photograph was taken.  These could be easily removed on the computer.

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One Response to “Three Trees”

  1. Bill Reagan (The photog) Says:

    Thanks for the kind words. The “gray blemishes” are actually snowflakes. It was falling a fair amount at the time. It was a toss-up whether or not to remove them as they were really a part of the scene.

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