Originally Posted by
CPRich
A good example is the photo of folks at the shoreline above - I bet the 3 folks mid-frame aren't more than 15 feet from the camera (if at 10mm) but are tiny in the image.
It definitely calls for a different mind-view when composing an image and thinking about how to use the lens.
You don't think I knew that when I took the photo? I've been agreeing with you this whole thread in terms of UWAs making everything look farther away and ending up with empty foregrounds.
Some things are done on purpose...You can break the rules if you want to. You can say it's a bad example if my subjects were the 3 people on the shoreline...But they weren't.
IMO, my edges are clean and the fort coming from the bottom left leads your eyes towards the horizon. The rule of thirds was utilized and not only that it captures the scene as I was experiencing it.