> First off, I'd like to thank the people who took the time to comment on my
> first embarassment. :-P I needed that kick in the pants to get this far.

I don't agree that it was an embarassement, I liked the idea that light was
shining through to cast a shadow of the person on the cloth. That was the
important thing about the image, imo. And although some commented about the
flat desert, I'm not quite sure they were right. And the sky was far more
interesting, as I remember it.

> 2. I'm not sure exactly how to place the creature. For one thing I
> remembered the numbers for the golden section wrong :-P but I'm not sure
> whether to center just the creature on the magic spot, or center the whole
> creature-cupola unit on it. I tried it the first way, then the second, and
> now I'm leaning toward centering just the creature on it. Comments?

The golden section is just one way of composing, but instead of using a
number, you should try to get a sense of how the components make a balanced
picture, or an interesting one, an expressive one ... No rulebook can tell
you what you feel or what you want to express.

One way of looking at it is to think that the animal is moving forward, so
it should have some room in front of it, and less room behind. It would be
nicer to see the whole figure, too (get rid of the sand on this side of the
animal).

Unless the vast landscape is important, I think I would zoom in on the
animal.

Good luck, William

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