One of the key, if not THE KEY, ingredient in any visual is keeping the viewer interested. A photographer would hope that when you look at his/ her photograph your eye travels around the composition, lingering on details and taking another look at the whole. One way to keep it interesting is to provide contrasts. It is critical to offer the viewer enough variety to engross the eye, but not so much that the senses are overloaded. This image, taken on 5th Avenue, contrasts an ornamented building with the sky. Each element has its own contrasts: the sky has bands of clouds and the building's brickwork is juxtaposed with windows; stone bands; and floral stone embellishments. While the photograph seems to be divided into two distinct verticals, the horozontals allow the eye to "read" the image fluidly.
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Art genre: Black & White art architectural detail photograph
Complimentary decor: Victorian, Traditional, Art Nouveau,
Photography tip: The eye has been taught, in Western culture, to travel in horizontals, such as reading text. If you want to "divide" your photograph into parts as this image is divided into verticals, make sure that there are horizontal references that carry the eye across the photograph.
Location: Fifth Avenue, NYC
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