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If you checked off the third answer in the second poll, I think you are right. The fact that there are two distinct subjects in this photo represented by two interesting white areas (positive spaces) in two widely separated positions divided by a dark and uninteresting negative space makes our eyes ping-pong between subjects. The rock-cut structures on the cliff face can be said to be balanced by the boat, but I don't know--I'd say it doesn't exactly work in this photo. Having two light subjects in a photo isn't usually a good idea.
But, one could hardly crop for just the buildings--it would make an odd photo because the reeds are so tall compared to the buildings.
We were traveling down the river and an old boat with an ailing motor. The thing shook like crazy. It was dusk--we were losing the light quickly. I had my 135mm lens on my camera, and boy was I surprised that these pictures were even in focus, because I shot at 1/60 of a second hand held at f2.8, wide open for this particular lens.
Picture of Dalyan, Turkey © 2003 by James Martin, Licensed to About
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