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RustyBug wrote:
By "static", I mean it does not offer a range of movement for the eye. The center crop basically has the viewer at "look here" in the center, with no place else to really look, explore / think about. In the OP, the natural falloff to the right (non-existent in the cropped version), provides the change in tonality for the viewer to follow to the right. The color and brightness of the left side is greater, so there will be the pull back to the building / tree to return to. Similarly for the vertical (likely different to a degree). I typically prefer to generate various opportunity for movement, rather than a centrally, static "look here".
Maybe the crop size is (in part) responsible for the perception of static. But, the term "dead center" is one comp that has been done so much, that it has garnered that moniker. That's not to say that central static doesn't have its own attraction for some, just not my preference in general, and specifically not for this piece ... since an underlying element of the piece is the natural movement of the earth's rotation, as a cause for the break from night to day.
While the rotation does occur around 1,000 mph in literal terms, our relative perception (as we move at the same 1,000 mph) of our motion is very slow (i.e. virtually none), movement is a piece of the puzzle. No "motion blur" to show, rather the change / difference in angle of light passing through the spherical atmosphere ... coupled with the ISL falloff offer the issue of movement for the viewer's eye, and mind.
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Eye movements come from focal points in an image. The more focal points the more movement. You have one focal point. The viewer goes there first, views the building, trees and pretty much stays there. There is “nothing” to see in the rest of the image, it is empty. My point is why make a great big image only to have a small portion of interest for the viewer, when the whole image can be interesting.
I agree that many comps have and are done over and over. To me this comp stands out as overdone, especially since the digital cameras became available. It is kind of like somebody said, “it needs to be done this way“, and everyone follows along.
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