Framing

[Jack Dahlgren]

I like this image, but I think it is missing something. Any thoughts?

[charlie]

The light makes the shapes and texture of the bridge stand out and that is where the interest is but overall the buildings in the background and all of the converging lines don't add up to solid focal point and the image becomes quite busy. Perhaps the missing element of the image is that there is to much included in the scene?

[Jack Dahlgren]

Thank you. I think I will try a tighter crop.

[Randy Stout]

JacK:

I think Charlie has summarized it nicely.  In trying to show a lot, you sometimes lose focus on the actual 'subject'.  I recently posted a bridge as well, and by trying to show the entire bridge, its surroundings , the clouds, etc., I wasn't sending a clear message about what the shot was really about .  It was a valuable lesson for me.

Cheers

Randy

[Bjørn Rørslett]

It is understandable the photographer wants to include the maximum of detail and elements in the frame. However, this is actually doing the viewer a disservice as one has to do the sorting of important vs non-important components instead of the photographer.

'Less is More' is a good starting point.