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1、WhatMakesaPhotoGood?AShortChecklistforEvaluatingPhotoQualityWhatmakesoneortwopicturesrisetothetopinastackof20,30,oreven100photos?Theanswer,despitewhatbeginningphotographersmayimagine,isnotasecretknownonlytoseasonedphotographersandphotoeditors.Noristherea
2、singleelementthatmakesaphoto"good."Ratherthereisanot-so-secretchecklistofcriteriacommonlyusedtoevaluateimages.Havingsaidthis,evaluationchecklistsvarybyperson,and,likeotherjudgingcriteria,therearealwaysexceptionstotherules.Furthermore,thelinesseparat-ingt
3、hecriteriaveryoftenblur.Photographyis,afterall,subjective.Despitethesedisclaimers,knowingthecommonlyacceptedevaluationcriteriacangiveyouaroadmaptogettingbetterday-to-dayphotos,andaguideforevaluatingthefinalimages.Byhavingaclearcenterofinterestalongwithsub
4、ordinateelementsthatcomplimentthesubject,theviewerknowsimmediatelywhatthepictureisabout.Isthereaclearcenterofinterest?Inastrongphoto,theviewercanimmediatelyidentifythesubject.Whilethissoundslikeano-brainer,asurprisinglyhighnumberofpicturesfailtoclearlyid
5、entifythemainsubject.Instead,acomplexmontageofelementscompetesfortheviewer’sattention.Inastrongpicture,thesubjectshoulddominatetheimageandformtheviewer’sfirstimpression.Ifthesubjectisstrong,theviewer’seyesmaymovetoexploreotherareasoftheimage,buttheeyesare
6、drawninevitablybacktothesubject.Greatexamplesofthispointarepicturesofsunsets,anagelessandpopularsub-ject.Whilethecolorsandcloudformationsofasunsetaredramatic,theyareseldomenoughtocreateacompellingimage.Beyondaquick,thoughperhapsappreciativefirstglance,mos
7、tsunsetphotosarequicklyforgotten.Andinlargenumbers,theyquicklybecome"ho-hummers."However,whenthephotographeraddsanelementthatgivesthesunsetcontextandinterest,youhaveasunsetphotowithimpact,andonethatisfarmorelikelytocaptureandretaintheviewer’sinterest.The
8、sunsetphotohereincludestheactivityofpeopleenjoyingthelastmomentsofthedayagainstthebackdropofthedramaticlate-daycolor.Toevaluateyourownphotosforastrongcenterofinterest,tryaskingyourselfthesequestions.Orshowthepicturetoafrie
