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Too many lines and too many
objects
of equal importance in a picture will cause confusion, discomfort and eye-strain.
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The eye is, practically, a long-focus lens. It covers only a comparatively narrow angle, and in order to see as much as can be included in a picture made with a short-focus lens we have to move the eyes a little and look at the various
objects
in succession.
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Where light falls on an
object
and is reflected back to the eye, we see a highlight; where it strikes at an angle and is reflected back other than directly to the eye we see halftones; where no direct light falls on the
object
we have shadows: and these highlights, halftones and shadows are modified by light reflected into them by other
objects
and by other parts of the same
object
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For outdoor work, landscape and marine pictures, a long-focus lens is usually more satisfactory, because with it we can more easily isolate and emphasize the principal
object
of interest, and make it large enough without having to get too close.
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The would-be picture-maker must learn to think pictorially; he must try to regard a picture as a pattern, as an arrangement of lines and shapes, making in themselves a pleasing and satisfying design, quite apart from the
objects
represented. The lines will form certain shapes, and the shapes will vary in tone; some may be light, some dark and some of intermediate shades of gray, which we call halftones.
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It is essential to have only one principal
object
of interest in a picture. Without it the picture is not completely satisfying, for the eye is apt to wander over the surface of the picture, seeking rest and finding none.
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The main
object
of interest should not be in the exact centre of picture-space, because that is where we imagine the fulcrum of the steelyard balance to be.
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