While I am aware of the power of the Rules of Thirds, I have never allowed any compositional rules to dictate my way of shooting. More often than not, I will still incorporate the Rules of Thirds in most of my images. There are also times whereby compositional rules will not do justice to the architectural landscape in front of you. The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque shot from Ayer 8 in Putrajaya is one such example. To enhance the symmetrical aspect of the composition, I had placed the horizon dead center in the frame - dividing the image into two equal half. The Rules of Thirds composition will not work in this case. I do not think the viewer's eye will be confuse on which half is the more prominent half of the frame. The reflections of the mosque and buildings on the lower half of the frame will always play a supporting role to complement the upper half of the frame where I had placed the main focal point of the image. In this composition, I do not mind the vast negative spaces left on the bottom and upper top of the frame. These negative spaces had "isolated" the mosque from it's surrounding which to me had portrayed a stronger composition.
Two images were blended to make the single image you see above. The strength of this image relies on the stillness of the reflection and the lighting of the buildings during the blue hours of twilight. Close to the blue hour, a catamaran had powered across the lake. This had created ripples and waves which had broken up the stillness of the reflection. I had wanted to use an earlier image before the catamaran, but the lightings of the buildings were not prominent yet. As a last resort, I had blended an earlier image before the catamaran had caused the ripples and a later shot of the mosque where all the buildings were lighted.
Canon EOS 5DS R / Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
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