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Good composition is half the success of photography.

Lead: It is not as difficult as you think to make a good subject into a great photo. Usually some details are not handled well, which affects the effect of the whole photo. On the contrary, if there are still some technical flaws, but the composition of the photo is just right, you can still take a successful photo. Next, I'll bring some pictures to see how others compose the composition.

How to arrange the same type of topics?

1/250s F8 109mm ISO 100? 1/3

Adjacent rows of columns form an impression of space, emphasizing collection. There are no prominent elements in the collection.

1/60sf428mm ISO 100

A collection of similar image elements extends over the whole photo, thus forming an upward diagonal, which is interrupted only twice by an ellipse. The name printed on the surface of the cup will attract the attention of the viewer, but there is no real subject and object here. This kind of theme wins by repeating similar things, while taking a single cup is completely another type of theme.

28 mm ISO 65438

A large number of combinations of similar image elements and the contrast of a single character in the upper right corner constitute the tension of the theme. Such photos will make people feel empty and profound, but at the same time they may also make people feel lonely and lost.

Discover texture

If you are no longer satisfied with shooting the whole scenery, but start shooting the details, you will find a real micro-world unfolding before your eyes. In fact, there are many places worth shooting on the surface of the object. At first, seemingly formal practice can make you a discoverer, and over time, you will have great interest in the collection. Each material has its own unique texture, and with color and light, it will become another look. Even if there is no color, the change of light and shade can reveal the characteristics of the surface of the object. If there are few completely different colors in the theme, it can express its texture well. If you want to study black-and-white photography in depth, it will be a very good practice to think more about texture. The restoration of color and form can make you transfer from photographing specific objects to creating abstract (artistic) works.

1/250sf1170mm ISO 100

Sand and water, and the reflection of blue sky? Has formed an abstract painting.

1/60s f 5.6 12mm ISO 100? 1/3

Gray in gray? Only by restoring the simplest landscape form can people realize that the paved roads in Shi Zhuan can be so magnificent.

1/90sf7.135mm ISO 100

The dot is the entrance of the photo, and the line leads the viewer's line of sight upward.

Abstract photography

When choosing a shooting subject, we always choose ready-made scenery, because only these can be used to shoot images. Browse the online art galleries and photography forums, and you will find that most of them are documentary photos of specific images. From Apple to led zeppelin, it seems that nothing has not been photographed. The challenge for photographers today is to find new subjects, that is, subjects that have never been carefully studied and photographed? Or shoot ordinary subjects that people have never seen before. Psychologically speaking, familiar forms are easily accepted by the audience, but they will soon get bored. At the same time, too unusual and unfamiliar forms will be rejected by them. So it's best to find some kind of compromise shooting method, on the one hand, it makes people feel interesting? Because it is novel, on the other hand, it cannot deviate too much from people's observation habits.

1/80s4.5 200mm ISO 100

The inverted and distorted mirror image of Notre Dame Cathedral in Munich is estimated that most audiences will not accept it because it looks too abstract and unique.