STP, thanks, but...
As you see, Salix said it even more succinctly. That's almost exactly what I was trying to say.
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Originally posted by Treebeard
finally occam's razor. Cut all the complicated stories. go for the simple explanation..
The lantana looks wrong because the pot tips to the left. . Simple as that.
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Treebeard, I think I don't agree with you at all here. Straighten out the pot, it's still aesthetically off-balance. Your virtual shows this very clearly - the tree remains a compositional disaster.
The rules of composition, be they intuited or learned by deliberate study, are not always going to be trivial. My explanation sounded more complicated than it needed to, but I can't see what one could object to about Salix's reformulation of my words.
Dave DeGroot has a very nice handle on this in his book, and Clay has captured it wonderfully in his sketches. It's not all that simple, simple as that.
Best regards,
Old Mister Crow