Sometimes that smile of the eye that I wrote about yesterday comes from the way a picture is framed. The emphasis on this other photograph of Alysha is on the eye that is composed close to the edge. Proximity to the edge of the format often create a visual tension which activates the edges drawing your eye away from the center. Most comfortable composition are done so that the eye stays or moves into the center thirds of a photograph, but many photographers like to abandon that way of thinking in order to activate the edges. I really believe a good picture is a good picture when everything works together, not because it follows this or that rule of composition or lighting etc... When a picture grabs you and keeps your attention--thats a good photo. Photograph by Richard Sayer