Rule Of Thirds

[Kan Win]

http://en.wikipedia..../Rule_of_thirds

Do you Folks take care about

The rule of thirds appears as early as 1797 as a rule for proportioning scenic paintings

Well I do not. I take photos as I see them and post them. If some should be "Rule of thirds" I do not have a problem, but to change me photo to adapt to "Rule of thirds", then no I will not.

Rebel of "Rule of Thirds"

RRT

[Kan Win]

Example

[Kan Win]

Or this one

[IanForbes]

Example

But you ARE using the rule of thirds in that photo, Kan. Your bridge and the river is about 1/3 of the way up the picture.

Lovely photo, by the way, and I like the way it fades off to the other side making it look even longer than it is. Did you stitch a bunch of photos together to get the sharp detail?

[Kan Win]

Or this one

Right in the center

Cheers

RRT

[Kan Win]

Hi Ian,

But you ARE using the rule of thirds in that photo, Kan. Your bridge and the river is about 1/3 of the way up the picture.

Lovely photo, by the way, and I like the way it fades off to the other side making it look even longer than it is. Did you stitch a bunch of photos together to get the sharp detail?

Yes and as I have wrote above and now quote below...

Well I do not. I take photos as I see them and post them. If some should be "Rule of thirds" I do not have a problem, but to change me photo to adapt to "Rule of thirds", then no I will not.

You should know me by now, it is a Pano photo taken in 2006

Did you stitch a bunch of photos together to get the sharp detail?

RRT

[cdnvic]

While in general I try to keep to the rule, in some cases the visual impact is stronger when the subject is centred. Still, most times I prefer to go with the rule of thirds as the eye seems to like it regardless of rulebooks.

[IanForbes]

I don't conciously do it. I just try to get the best out of each situation.

As I've said many times, most often I'm just taking snapshots to show what an area is like. I'm not always there at the prime time for perfect lighting and dramatic effect. If it really means a lot then I'll do like Ansel Adams did... wait at the perfect spot during the ideal time and hope everything works as planned. Most of us don't have the time or the option to do that.

This photo definitely doesn't follow the rule of thirds but the subject makes the picture interesting. I just told Dee to walk by and not look at me. I didn't want a posed picture.

[cdnvic]

Actually, the figure takes up the lower two thirds (approximately) so it actually does follow the rule.

[Tywais]

Actually, the figure takes up the lower two thirds (approximately) so it actually does follow the rule.

Good point cdnvic, and that brings up the question does rule of thirds apply to all 4 quadrants? Example, shooting with the subject off center to the left or right by two thirds. I feel a photo can sometimes be too balanced and a bad habit of mine.

[canuckamuck]

Kan Win sorry to disagree, but of the three images posted, only the first one feels right to me.

The second two, IMO are weaker because of the centering. While obviously you can make successful pictures with the subject perfectly centered; the problem with this is that it is much more difficult because the eye is more critical of balance when symmetrical balance is attempted. One other factor is that when a horizon is in the middle, a yawn factor creeps in. Your horizon in the first image is bang on the third.

The beer glass has an interesting balance between the sun in the sky and the highlight in the glass, but there is so much extraneous info in the picture that the relationship between sun and glass is minimized. When cropped the the subject becomes more pronounced because the interest points are closer to the intersection of thirds.

Edited November 18, 2010 by canuckamuck

[canuckamuck]

Actually, the figure takes up the lower two thirds (approximately) so it actually does follow the rule.

Good point cdnvic, and that brings up the question does rule of thirds apply to all 4 quadrants? Example, shooting with the subject off center to the left or right by two thirds. I feel a photo can sometimes be too balanced and a bad habit of mine.

The thirds work both ways, and where the the vertical thirds intercept the horizontal thirds you get what I call sweet spots.

[Kan Win]

Thank you folks for your input.

The thirds work both ways, and where the the vertical thirds intercept the horizontal thirds you get what I call sweet spots.

I did 'canuckamuck' and I will anyways drink from me sweet spot,

Cheers

3 in one, smack in the middle.

The Colonel an Amateur Photographer

Kanchanaburi Win