It’s well known that eyewitness accounts don’t carry much weight in a courtroom. That’s because what you see is affected by your emotional state, your past experience, your desire to see order and on and on all the way to what you had for breakfast that day. Well, you might say, that’s to be expected 
because you’re witnessing a horrible scene, like a murder or a collision.
But what about the ol’ still life, a mess o’ drapery and a heap of pots! Same caveat. Five people in a tranquil setting on a lovely June day will produce five very different takes. It’s always amazing. Always thrilling.
And a wide view, with much information, perhaps too much…
…cropped for more tension, compositional cohesion and immediacy. Notice how with the following, cropped view, you are more drawn into the scene. You feel more alert and you’re more inclined to pay attention to the placement of lines and shapes, asking yourself “why is it like that?”
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 