Skywalk - Anhui, China, 2009

Josef Hoflehner

This image is beautifully composed. The subject of this photograph is basically the bend in the road. It's a simple subject and it fills the frame in a way that is pleasing to the eye. There is some negative space which further emphasizes the mood of the image and frames the subject. The leading lines of the road and the railing draw your eye through the image. The stretch of road before the bend gives a feeling of motion, of moving through the photograph. The photographer utilizes the rule of thirds - the bend happens in the top third of the frame, and the mountainside and the railing are positioned on the vertical thirds of the frame.