Example 5: Churchtower

BEFORE SHOT:

In this example, the church was photographed against the sun to have a contrast between the sky and the shade of the church. This first image again has the horizont line centralised, still leaving enough light in the picture to see some details of the building in front of the church. Furthermore some sunrays shine into the picture, leaving a few blurry parts and not proviving the wanted contrast.

AFTER SHOT 1:

By moving the building to the lower sections of the image, there is now much light coming towards the lense so that sensitivity decreased. This 'darkening' of the picture allows the sunrays as well as the building details to dissappear, so that the shade is now in sharp contrast to the brighter sky. Furthermore the small tower is at on of the intersection point.

AFTER SHOT 2:

Here again the layout was changed and adopted vertically. The image features similar characteristics than the one above (darkening, contrast). This perspective however changes the image in two further ways. First of all, the sky bit is even more dominant, by having a large share even above the tower and the cloud formation makes the scene seem almost dramatic. Second, the main tower has now been moved away from the centralised vertical line towards the right end and is now positioned along a compositional one. This shifts attention to the tower, emphasising it as the principal object in this image.