If you are new to photography, one thing that you will hear a lot about is the Rule of Thirds. Not familiar with the term? A simple, quick explanation can be found here. As with all rules of photography, it is probably more accurate to call it a guideline. Most of the time it works, but sometimes, really it is better to just ignore it. For this photo below though, the rule of thirds is exactly what I had in mind:
This photo was taken using the rule of thirds partly because I thought it was a simple, elegant composition. I thought that using the rule of thirds would accent the simplicity.
I did also use a high f-stop. I wanted to include as much detail as possible. In order to get that f-stop, I did need to use a tripod as my shutter speed was to slow for me to make the image just holding the camera.
As a photographer what do you think of the rule of thirds? Some cameras even have a grid that you can use in camera to help you achieve this effect, do you use it? Feel free to leave your comments below.
Cheers!
Simply beautiful. 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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It is a simple and elegant photo.
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Thank you.
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This is so important…I will be sharing a similiar post in the near future.
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Nice, feel free to come back here and leave a link. I can’t guarantee more traffic 🙂 But you do nice work, and someone might be interested in seeing a related post.
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Beautiful photo!
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Thanks, it was just such a simple, beautiful thing on the side of the path.
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PJB I see what you mean having clicked on your link . It’s such a basic thing I really should know lol
Very nice example 🙂
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Thanks 🙂 I’m happy to hear that you found this post helpful.
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I like rules that I already “knew” before I learned about them. This is the case with the Rule of Thirds. Otherwise I never consciously think about rules when I’m shooting. Later I might crop according to the rule of thirds, but it’s still what looks good to me that counts, not any rule of composition.
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I agree with you. I think that even if my camera had the ability to show the grid for the rule of thirds as some do, I wouldn’t use it. I would find it distracting.
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I don’t use the grid. I never heard of the rule of thumb. The shutter speed is the one I often forget or too lazy 😀 to adjust.
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🙂 Looking at you photos, you seem to be just fine without this rule.
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