Spree River & Parliament Building

Please leave a note when rating. Cheers, Sam.

I really like the technical side of your shot. first, you have picked a nice spot with a very appropriate perspective. The river is the entry point here and that from the left ( the reading direction ), so the viewer easily enters the frame. The river provides two lines : one is nearly horizontal and the other one is a curved line. the horizontal one is the longest one ( as recommended by the painters ). The river lines end up onto a vertical line provided by the stone wall and the trees. The vertical line creates suppression meaning it stops the viewer's eyes from running out of the frame. The wall is aso anothe entery point in to the frame. you have captured a good rectilinear and vanishing point perspective . The parliament building is on the golden section and the intersection of the 1/3 up and 1.3 left. Drawbacks: the horizon is centered. you certainly didn't need the sky, so you could angle down a little bit to take more of the river and the stone wall , thus providing stronger perspective. the intersection of the lines is where the eyes follow, so it would have been more appropriate to have taken two or three steps to the right to place the building at the intersection so that the viewer could transit from the lines on to the building. Next time you are onto taking a similar shot in the city, you'd better check out all the lines and where they end up in the viewfinder. All in all, your shot is a bright one. good job.

Arash, thank you very much for all those very thoughtful comments you've given on this shot of an urban scene. I'm always immensely amazed when noticing how some people have the gift of analysing an image with words, language, applying analysing techniques & underlying theories which I've heard about, some even were taught to me during my formative years. I have to admit I don't possess that gift at all. I cannot explain verbally why I like an image, the interior of a house, an object. I like it, or I dislike it. That's it. Neverhteless I've found your ideas worthwhile reading & contemplating. Thanks again & cheers. Sam.