Breathing space - tips for good photography

Sometimes you need space in your pictures to allow the subject to breathe. Sometimes this is an important part of the context when a close up just will not give the whole story.

 Enjoyed watching these planes land and take off from Preesall Sands beach near Knott-End-on-Sea; the Lake District hills in the distance. The plane is taking off and the space in front and above seemed a right composition

This is the 'Darcy tree' at Lyme Park. It was taken in the last hour of the day when colours seemed much stronger. A solitary tree on the horizon surrounded by space is always a powerful image

 These horses had had a hard gallop on the sands at Lytham and again the pictures breathes
because of the space

Subjects like these need a simple background and it is often tough to find the right angle to achieve this. So always walk around the object you want to photograph, be prepared to walk the extra mile for the picture that might just be that little bit different.