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This
is the shape that bears the closes resemblance to the camera frame,
and the usual way of arranging a rectangle in the frame is with
horizontal and verticals reference points. |
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As mentioned
earlier miss alignments with the frame are easy to spot.
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Rectangles
have an obvious association with gravity, solidarity, precision
and sharp limitation. They tend to be static and unyielding -
formal. |
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Compare
the two images of the angels. |
The perfect
form of the rectangle - the square - exhibits these qualities most strongly.
A major reason for these expressive qualities is that in nature they
are rare and most of our reference to it are with man made constructions
like buildings etc.
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For a rectangle to
appear rectangular in the image it must be photographed from
square on, level and with a normal focal length or longer lens.
This is why many photographer who need to execute this demanding
work use a view camera where the perspective can be altered
by changing the relationship of the film plane and the lens.
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Wide
angle lenses and angled viewpoints distort rectangles towards
triangular shapes. |
This means the situations where a perfect rectangle
is used in an image are usually formal and very well considered.
Perhaps copying a painting, or the facade of a building,
a packaged product where perfect perspective is required. Check out Vanishing Point
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