This photo was taken at the waterfront in Burlington. These are the docks in front of the Echo Center. The sky was breaking allowing the sun to shine on the hills of New York. I like the angles of the docks how it fills the entire shot at the bottom of the frame and leads you down the right side of the picture. I also enjoyed the dark break in the provided by the rocks.

 
So I was lucky enough to have two beautiful days in a row off. The day I took my landscape shots was overcast and warm. I was driving and walking around Lake Champlain. This Picture is taken from the side of RT 7 near Shelburne. I noticed the lake poking through the fields and Hills. I put the homestead right of center to pull the viewers eyes over the whole shot, and was pleased to see the sapling left of center in my viewfinder. I love how the mountains way in the back fade into obscurity. I was pretty happy with this shot.

This has nothing to do with anything but this is crazy huh? One of two buildings of this ex factory right in the middle of the woods. Just wanted to show you.

Here is the object centered. I still find it pretty. I mean its a covered bridge, right. How could I go wrong? The road, however, doesn't offer the same curve. The bridge still sits amongst trees, but it looks more utilitarian to me. the guard rails and sign pop out at me, and my eyes don't move over the whole shot. I find I hardly even notice the right side of this shot.

So here is a shot that I took using the 3rd lines. My subject is right of center. This allows the road to curve into the bridge. I feel this gives the eye a little more to follow as well as add some foliage to the left. I like this composition much more.

So the composition technique that I found was Object Isolation. There are different ways to do this, but the way that I read about and used was to choose a small depth of field. This made the main subject stand out in front, and everything in the foreground and background fade into obscurity. I have had many pictures come out like this, however it was by luck, not design. I think it ads a little something to what could have been a pretty dull shot.