What's in an image? While there are many elements that make up the composition of an image, learning to look through the viewfinder and see the image that you have pictured in your mind takes a lot of experimentation and practice. One of the most important elements of composition in my opinion is what’s not in the image, that’s right! Removing unwanted elements will improve your image composition and the overall impact of the image. How is this achieved? Start by looking around the viewfinder’s extremities and each corner to see those elements that don’t belong and need to be removed, then either zoom in or out, move forwards or backwards and even side to side to get the best possible angle or position to remove the unwanted elements from your composition. See the images below (Fig1. & Fig2.) and how they compare, while some would say that it’s commonsense to wait for moving objects to move away and out of the frame which is true, some of the more static items like the light pole and signpost might go unnoticed however, so be sure to examine the whole of the scene through the viewfinder.

DJ.