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"Landscape Composition Rules"
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Author: Johannes_Vloothuis, Contributing Editor

18. Never lean your objects outward. Always have them lean inwards. Do not line them parallel to the frame. That applies in vertical or horizontal format.
Fig. 29. Incorrect. The telephone pole is leaning in the wrong direction.
Fig. 30. This is bad design, as well. The telephone pole is now parallel to the frame.
Fig. 31. This is a much better design. The telephone pole leans "in", keeping the viewer in the painting.
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