Challenge #1

Hello devoted blog readers (all four of you...!!!!)

Here is a picture of my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and my niece. Such a gorgeous family, aren't they?



One of the basic principles in photography is composition. I'll spare you a big explanation, but basically there are "rules" of composition that photographers are supposed to follow in order to make a "technically correct" photo. (All of which I'm still learning...)

Okay, so here's my challenge for you. When I took this picture of Liz and Jesse and Natalie, I didn't notice I was breaking one of the major rules of composition, which I tried to mostly "fix" later in photo editing.

Here was the original before I fixed it:



Can you tell what I tried to fix? **Post a comment with your guess (click on the word 'comment' at the end of this post, it should walk you through it). Anyone who guesses correctly will get 10 points.... They're absolutely useless points, but points nonetheless!!!!!

(****Addendum-- Give yourself 10 EXTRA points if you try to figure it out BEFORE you read the other comments people have posted....)

I will probably continue to post challenges for fun-- I'll make them harder after this one, but this one will be a warm-up. :)

PS-- I'm not sure why the photos are kinda blurry-- I will try to figure out what I'm getting wrong in my posting settings to fix it.