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Elements of the Scenery - Placing them in your image for maximum effectWhen I come upon some scenery I think is worth photographing, I immediately begin searching for features that I can combine to make a great photograph. This is my favorite part of composition.What I'm looking for are interesting items to place in the foreground, middle-ground, and background of my photo. Combining one of each will give your two dimensional landscape photo a three dimensional feel, and pull the viewer into the photograph. Look at the photograph on the right. Notice how the horizon (the far shoreline) is about one-third below the top of the frame, while the peninsula in the middle ground is about one-third in from the right, and the rock at the bottom is one-third in from the left edge of the image. This is almost an overdose of the rule of thirds. But by keeping the objects of interest away from the center of the photo, the landscape is balanced, and your eye is guided into the scene.
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When we reached Lower Savage Lake, the view was beautiful in all directions. Walking around the lake, I looked for interesting rocks or groupings of rocks that could be in the foreground of a photo. On the far shore, near the spot where the upper lake flowed into the lower one, some patches of surface grass caught my eye. As I got closer, I found this one rock just off the shore, and positioned myself to frame the photo.