Composition in Photography

Remarkable photographic composition

Check frequent amateur mistakes in photographic composition.
Intro to photographic composition. All you need to know.
 

Broadway tower 

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Broadway Tower, Cotswolds, England. Edited version of photo by Newton2 (cropped one person from the left).

© The author is Newton2 (cropped by Yummifruitbat) CC BY 2.5 Please see the licensing details.

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Biandintz eta zaldiak

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Horses on Bianditz mountain, in Navarre, Spain. Behind them Aiako mountains can be seen.

© Mikel Ortega from Errenteria, Basque Country, Spain, with a retouche by Richard Bartz. See the original file here. CC BY-SA 2.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Boletus in Finnish forest

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Boletus growing in a Finnish forest at Heinäsaari island of Lake Saimaa in Lappeenranta, Finland

© Petritap CC BY-SA 3.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India

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Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. The man has just had a ritual bath.

© Paulrudd GFDL Please see the licensing details.

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Cervus elaphus

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A Red deer Cervus elaphus, in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium.

© Lviatour CC BY-SA 3.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Adansonia grandidieri

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Grandidier's Baobab, picture taken near Morondava, Madagascar.

© Bernard Gagnon CC BY-SA 3.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Crimea South Coast Gaspra Swallows Nest

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The Swallow's Nest Castle near Gaspra, Yalta municipality. Republic of Crimea/Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

© A.Savin (userpage · contact) CC BY-SA 3.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Fat Albert low level pass

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A U.S. Marine Corps C-130T Hercules aircraft with the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, flies over Marines with the Silent Drill Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 4, 2014.

© DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar L. Olive IV, U.S. Marine Corps/Released Public domain Please see the licensing details.

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Athene cunicularia

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Five Burrowing Owls Athene cunicularia floridana, Florida

© travelwayoflife CC BY-SA 2.0 Please see the licensing details.

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Frequent amateur mistakes

1. Bullseyeing, putting main subjects directly in the center of the frame such as faces, horizons, etc.
2. Not close enough.
3. Distracting backgrounds.