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I have seen a number of photographs over the past few years and have come to the conclusion that every artist needs to know the rules of aesthetics and then break them.  When it works you have something unique, when it doesn’t you have broken the rules.  How do you know if it works? Your own judgment will tell. 

Someone may criticize your work but if you like it that’s good enough.

This photograph of the Santa Barbara pier has a certain mood caused by the cloud filtered sunlight.  Not quite overcast but low key and homogenous.  The waves rolling in from the pacific are captured just at the end of a curl falling onto the sand. 

I feel the photographer has an over abundance of riches.  There is a wonderful sky and wave action that he is trying to capture and for that reason has placed the subject on the centerline of the photograph.  The photographer may wish to consider that this is one of those times when the rule of thirds should apply.  There are two ways to approach the problem, if you are unhappy with the current composition.  The sky can be cropped or the beach and water reduced. 

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       Cropped Sky     Cropped Sea 

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