Layers
A legible foreground, middle ground and background.
Freshwater collection
F01Freshwater
Natural landscape and perspective
Nature Aquarium
A complete landscape built in layers, from hardscape to plants and schooling fish.
Composition language
The entire ecosystem must feel coherent. Stone and wood establish perspective, plants deepen it, and fish are chosen for the scale and rhythm of the composition.
Three principlesWhat really
What really
matters
Perspective
Substrate slope, scaled detail and controlled negative space.
Maturation
The composition anticipates months of plant growth.
Reference film / Nature Aquarium / ADAview
A school of fish reveals landscape scale and depth
The film shows the relationship shared by planted directions: landscape scale, negative space and fish behaviour.
Reference materialDetail and complete
Detail and complete
landscape
Layers, focal point and depth조재선 (Kaquascape) / CC BY-SA 3.0
Scale of detail, wood and plantsChristian Ang / Unsplash
These legally used photographs are reference material and are not presented as Wet Habitat projects.
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