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The Handbook of Bird Photography
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The Handbook of Bird Photography

by Markus Varesvuo, Jari Peltomaki, Bence Mate
April 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 3m
English
Rocky Nook
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BENCE MÁTÉ

COMPOSITION AND CROPPING

In a well-composed image every element supports the composition.

In the Field and at the Computer

There are no hard-and-fast rules on how to compose a perfect image; there are many contributing factors that cannot easily be listed in any order of importance. Composition is successful when the elements in the image are in balance and are connected to one another, and nothing seems disjointed.

In a good image, each element supports the composition and has a role to play. Small details—such as a distracting blade of grass, the cut-off tip of a bill, or a half length of a leg—can ruin an image just the same as a missing detail, something that obviously should have been captured in the image but wasn’t. It’s not ...

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ISBN: 9781457179570