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When photographing rocks on overcast days, such as here at Clogher Strand on Ireland's west coast, it's no use just pointing your camera at a likely looking stone.
To get the best out of this type of mini-landscape yo need to pay just as much care to composition as you would when photographing a grand scene.
Arranging the elements and colours in the frame is key, and in this case I juxtaposed circular shapes at the bottom of the frame with square shapes at the top of the frame to give a tension to the overall composition.
The blue and yellow colour variations also helped with this tension, as blue and yellow are opposites on the colour wheel.
If you look carefully you can also spot a small area of fossilised coral in 'sweet spot' at the bottom right hand corner of the frame.
So what might at first glance look like a random photo of a rock has a lot more depth and meaning once you start to look considerately.
Filename - rock 09.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure - 13secs @ f16, ISO100
Location - Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement.
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