Modern communication of old knowledge.

Got a very useful comment from Modulations over at flickr regarding framing/composing in square format. It's been running around in my head like a ferret in heat ever since. The gist is this: 3:2 framing (aka golden mean, rule of thirds) doesn't work well in square format. I was encouraged to explore pushing compositional elements to the edges, among other things.

So what did I do? I poured through my catalog [yet again] looking for images I could experiment with.

Here's an example of using negative space:

Of course, I cheated my ass off on this particular image via the deft wizardry of NIK software. Here is the original:

As you can see, they're not very much alike.

Here is another, possibly less successful, compositional experiment:

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You get the idea. I'm gonna keep thinking about this. In the mean time, I had better get my ass in gear cuz we have house guests coming in a few hours and my wife is giving me looks...