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Use reflections || Think about colour || Put things in the centre sometimes || Use background objects || Blur water
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1. Use reflections when you find them
Sometimes you will find a reflection of an object that is so clear, you can use it to make your photograph more effective. Including the reflection of the sphere makes far more of a statement than showing just the sphere itself.
2. Think about the role colour can play in your photo
This is another photo using reflections - it shows more of the reflection than it does of the real trees. Look at how the red jackets make the photo - it wouldn't be half as effective without that little splash of bright colour.
3. Breaking the rules - putting things right in the centre of the photo
If you know the rules, and use them, you will know when it is right to break them. This photo needs to be symmetrical, and have the feet, the rail and the rigging bang smack in the centre of the picture. (The horizon is not exactly in the middle though - that would be too much).
4. Use a background object to make a special effect
The date palm in the distance could have been a problem in this photo. You can deal with it in two ways. You could move around until you don't get it in frame, and there is just a plain blue background of sky behind the statue. Or, you could stand where it is exactly behind the head of the statue, like a special headdress. What do you think of that effect?
5. Blur the water to show movement, but keep other things still
When something is blurred, it looks as though it is moving. It is often quite effective to have water blurred, like this. You do it by making sure the camera is set with a slow shutter speed. But, so that the whole picture is not blurred, you have to rest the camera on something solid (in this case, on the railing of a bridge), and hold it very still while taking the photo.
