VOCAB Assignment: Ian Cameron, Sunstar Cove Bay, May 6 2008

foreground, middleground, background: The foreground, middleground, and background in a composition are generally divided into three planes. The foreground of a composition is the visual plane that appears closest to the viewer, while the background is the plane in a composition percieved furthest from the viewer. The middleground is the visual plane located between both the foreground and background. The scale of these components often correlates to the dominance in an image. The foreground is often the most dominant due to the larger percieved scale of the images objects. This is not always the case, however, as definition and other factors can shift the dominance of the composition.