Photographic Composition

3

Depth

Mount McKinley

William Stanko

Early Morning

Vicki H. Wilson

Multiple Planes (Foreground, Middle Ground, Background)

Linear Perspective

Aerial Perspective

Color Perspective (Reds Advance, Blues Recede)

Camera Distance

Texture Gradient

Shared Contours

Depth of Field

Exercises

Multiple Planes: The perception of depth in this landscape is due to several depth clues. The two arching dark trees and the dark shrubs establish a strong foreground. As we look beyond and into the valley, we see the lighter multiple planes (mountain ranges) in ...