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January 2010

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Photo Ruminations: Subtle Photography

One of the primary ingredients of landscape photography is the understanding and use of graphical control. This is similar to composition, but not entirely the same. The composition of a landscape scene has typical elements such as a lake, river or mountain, which attract the eye and evoke meaning. Psychologically, we are soothed by gentle horizontal planes and by water especially, and wide open spaces relax us further: we can see approaching danger which is…