Composition 9/11

Simplicity

1. This picture has a good background, with blurred out buildings, and a pretty plain background. It does have some color, but it doesn't bring a lot of attention to it. Neither does the bottom part of the background.
2. With the explosion, it creates a lot of attention towards the sides of the buildings. The color scheme for this picture is grays, and blues. With the explosion, it adds way more eye candy to the side of the building.

Rule of thirds

1. This picture has the center of attention towards the firefighters in the rightmost third. It makes the picture seem almost in black and white due to the color less smoke and dust in the background. It makes you focus more on the right than anywhere else.
2. This picture does have some unbalanced aspects, such as the lines are creating a lot of attention, away from the subject.

Lines

1. In this picture the lines create depth to the picture. The guy that is falling is falling kind of at a diagonal direction. With this the lines create contrast. Also the different colored lines. Make it seem more 3-D.
2. This picture does have some flaws. The lines in this picture arent particularly straight. Also the fact that one side of the building is a darker color pallet than the subject, makes the subject more washed out.

Balance

1. In this picture there is an obscene amount of balance. The stair cases angles reflect on both sides, so it symmetrical. As well as the escalator.
2. The lighting in this picture creates a weird glow on everything at ground level. The stair cases walls are not the same color, so it seems like they are not symmetrical.

Framing

1. The foreground aspects create a good frame for the middle and background. The shadows create a nice glow on everything else, and make a good contrast.
2. The back ground parts are not really in thirds. The firefighter is more in the center, than anything else. If the “framing” was more opened up, then it would seem more balanced.