Pictorial effect in photography : being hints on composition and chiaroscuro for photographers, to which is added a chapter on combination printing (1869)
Robinson, H. P. (Henry Peach), 1830-1901 · London : Piper & Carter · leaf 178
164 makes a mass with him. The balancing line of the Indian's gun cannot be dispensed with, though the artist has judiciously broken it by the intervening knee ; nor the cap of the grenadier on the ground, which composes with the lines of his figure, and completes the group ; whilst the … dark hat under Wolfe finishes the circle, and gives distance to the lighter parts behind. The gun on the ground completes the base-line carried through the foreground. This is a most perfect composition, and should be well studied. We have first the story, told in a touching and distinct manner ;…
Composition (Photography)
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