Photography Tips - Composition Refresher - Dramatic angles or lens format

Tip of the Month	Composition Refresher by Theresa A. Husarik
Dramatic Angles or Lens Format

Sometimes it is fun to try a different angle, viewpoint or an extreme lens. By getting high and shooting down, getting low and shooting up, or using a wide angle or fisheye lens you can create a dramatic composition.

aerial view of alligators
By going to the top of the vieweing platform and shooting straight down, my composition show a bunch of gators floating in the water. The only way to get their backs is to shoot this way, otherwise you get a more traditional portrait. lion
This also was taken from the top of a viewing platform. Notice, too, that I did not amputate anything.

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Sometimes it is fun to try a different angle, viewpoint or an extreme lens. By getting high and shooting down, getting low and shooting up, or using a wide angle or fisheye lens you can create a dramatic composition.
By going to the top of the vieweing platform and shooting straight down, my composition show a bunch of gators floating in the water. The only way to get their backs is to shoot this way, otherwise you get a more traditional portrait.	This also was taken from the top of a viewing platform. Notice, too, that I did not amputate anything.