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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 193731" data-attributes="member: 1061">I agree...rules are meant to be broken. Just not here. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />This is a textbook Rule of Thirds shot, and should remain textbook. The foreground here is uninteresting, comparatively, to the rest of the composition. This would've made a great &quot;belly shot&quot; where you lay completely prone on the ground to get the shot. Instead, we have the photographer's eye level view, which makes an otherwise stellar composition...well, frankly...ho-hum, because the Rule of Thirds is broken.It's an awesome photo. The color is excellent, and it's tack sharp. Those of us who live in the flatlands would kill to have some scenery like this. But in order to take things to the next level, you have to be willing to think outside the box and come up with interesting vantage points. A belly shot or extreme low angle would've really set this one apart. The road would've been distorted really wide up close and narrowing towards the horizon, better leading our eyes through the shot. It also would've leveled out the cliffs in the background.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 193731, member: 1061"] I agree...rules are meant to be broken. Just not here. ;) This is a textbook Rule of Thirds shot, and should remain textbook. The foreground here is uninteresting, comparatively, to the rest of the composition. This would've made a great "belly shot" where you lay completely prone on the ground to get the shot. Instead, we have the photographer's eye level view, which makes an otherwise stellar composition...well, frankly...ho-hum, because the Rule of Thirds is broken. It's an awesome photo. The color is excellent, and it's tack sharp. Those of us who live in the flatlands would kill to have some scenery like this. But in order to take things to the next level, you have to be willing to think outside the box and come up with interesting vantage points. A belly shot or extreme low angle would've really set this one apart. The road would've been distorted really wide up close and narrowing towards the horizon, better leading our eyes through the shot. It also would've leveled out the cliffs in the background. [/QUOTE]

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