Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #347 – Break the Rules!

Published on by Yinglan

Happy Sunday! Ritva challenges everyone to break the rules this week with Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #347.

I feel like I’m as stubborn as they come when it comes to following rules. I’m the type of person who has a world of trouble straying from the rules and if I do, I get very nervous and anxious, so much so that my hands would shake, sometimes, would probably follow by some spasms.

I struggled to find many photos for this challenge. Perhaps there are photos in my archives where I unconsciously broke a rule or two but I’ll probably not find anything as I am actively looking. I’ll usually find something when I’m not actively looking. Still, this challenge gave me a push to look at some of the old photos I never edited because it felt off. Perhaps, there was a rule broken there even though the rule may be mine.

When I saw the frame the trees created, I thought it would make a great photo. Looking at it afterwards, I don’t know what I was thinking. I usually capture photos with an idea in mind. I don’t just randomly click the shutter button on a group of random stranger at the side of the mountain even thought the tree branches do frame them quite nicely.

I’m a stickler when it comes to my pictures come out leveled and straight but as you can see, these pictures are skewed, thanks to the leveling tool in Lightroom. I suppose skewed photos make good collages.

This was another photo I took because I thought it was a good idea at the time. Even though I do see a leading path between where I was sitting and the rose garden, I dislike that it got cut off in the middle. In fact, this whole photo feels like everything has been cut off. Do you feel it when looking at the photo?

Here’s the final photo I can find for now. It’s a photo of my lovage plant back in March. I used my macro lens to take the photo but it appears I still have to play with it quite a bit because the wrong subject was in focus in this photo.

12 thoughts on “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #347 – Break the Rules!”

  1. I so agree with the horizontal line – I am always correcting it. I can see why this have not made the cut, as even though I might have an idea how a photo should look, many times it doesn’t. But also many times my mistake they are better than intended. I see what you mean by the leading line…I also cannot put my finger on what the issue is… maybe a tighter crop? Thanks for joining the challenge

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    1. I agree, photos rarely turn out just as we’ve planned.
      I, too, am trying to figure out what’s causing my dissatisfaction with that photo. 😀 Something just feels off with the photo.

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