1 USE LEAD-IN LINES TO DRAW THE EYE IN

A lead-in line is a great way of including something in the foreground of your composition that has a line to naturally guide the eye towards your focal point. For this shot of Normanton Church in Rutland Water, we composed it to include the hard edge of the shoreline in the lower half of the frame, which arches round and brings the eye towards our focal point. By recomposing and aiming the camera up a little, we lose the lead-in line and any foreground interest, so the image is much weaker and dominated by the sky.