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Old 17-04-2018, 06:32 PM
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Breaking the rules...

In the spirit of loading up our successes and failures, I thought I'd add one more to the pile.

This was taken years ago - a test shot for some other purpose. Anyway, as far as images go, it was a disaster.

At the Snake Valley camp, in March this year, one of our members gave a talk on the artistic aspects of astrophotography and demonstrated the concept of Pareidolia... among other things...

I was quizzical about composition with two or more objects in the same frame - apparently, something to be avoided - unless I misunderstood what was being said...

Well... here is a foot and it almost follows the rule of thirds.

But what about M20? It was impossible to crop out easily and in the end, it had to stay.

Our guest speaker said, it's OK to break the rules, sometimes... so I did!

Now my eye follows a curve all the way through the foot to M20 and I sit there staring at the corner of the image...

The gentleman that gave the talk should not think his efforts in vain and at least be pleased that I remembered Fibonacci numbers.

Seriously though, where does the eye rest?
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