Attached Link: http://photographic.com/phototechniques/0205simple/

while we're on the subject of magazines, i wanna ask a question. here's a magazine i look at online. it's got some good ideas in it and some decent information. The problem is i when i read this stuff i get confused. For instance, in this image of the heron that's on this link, i don't care for the composition. i don't think there's enough space at the top...feels too cramped up there for my tastes. and also from what my understanding is from the way jan-carel explained composition in a previous thread, ("let the animal look inside the field of the picture. That's better than look outside (in general)." that bird should have been on the right side of the image. It's quite possible I misunderstood JC's explanation though. Anyway, i'd like to know what the rest of you think about composition of this particular piece, and if you agree that this is a good model to go by for simple, effective compositions. thanks guys!