Violating The Rule of Thirds
Jan 25, 2019 11:14:25 #
I've tried to think how the Rule of Thirds would improve this photo, and don't believe it would. Agree or disagree?
Jan 25, 2019 11:15:23 #
I violate that "rule" so often! It just doesn't work for me most of the time.
Jan 25, 2019 11:23:44 #
Don't use or think in terms of thirds. instead, use the Golden Spiral as your composition guide.
Jan 25, 2019 11:24:05 #
Left to right...One third trees/grass...one third rocks...one third sand.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Jan 25, 2019 11:24:53 #
dadbecker wrote:
Left to right...One third trees/grass...one third rocks...one third sand.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Jan 25, 2019 11:26:21 #
At first I thought you meant the tree, but then I saw the horizon line in the middle, so maybe that's your point? The composition is pleasing to me; nothing screams imbalance and my brain can't come up with any better result. Except for a pp suggestion: at very low opacity, clone some cloud detail into the blown white areas.
And while I was analyzing, cropping, writing, the best observation of all, from dadbecker:
And while I was analyzing, cropping, writing, the best observation of all, from dadbecker:
dadbecker wrote:
Left to right...One third trees/grass...one third rocks...one third sand.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Bottom to top...beach...water...sky.
Looks great to me. Nice picture.
Jan 25, 2019 11:29:16 #
It's not a rule, but a guide.
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
Just Fred wrote:
I've tried to think how the Rule of Thirds would improve this photo, and don't believe it would. Agree or disagree?
Jan 25, 2019 11:35:27 #
kenievans
Loc: Dallas
It may not be a rule of thirds from a horizontal perspective but if you look at it from a vertical perspective it is broken down into 3 parts. You have the tree and grass section, the white water, rocks and sand section, then the smoother water and sand.
You have balance with the darker grass in the bottom left against the heavy clouds in the upper right. You also have the "beach line" that leads your eyes to the small tree and the lines in the tree lead you out the the water and the clouds forming a nice triangle. Over all I think it is very well composed.
**Update** Looks like we were all replying with virtually the same thing at the same time!
You do have something white on that rock to the right in the foreground. It looks like something might be on your lens.
You have balance with the darker grass in the bottom left against the heavy clouds in the upper right. You also have the "beach line" that leads your eyes to the small tree and the lines in the tree lead you out the the water and the clouds forming a nice triangle. Over all I think it is very well composed.
**Update** Looks like we were all replying with virtually the same thing at the same time!
You do have something white on that rock to the right in the foreground. It looks like something might be on your lens.
Jan 25, 2019 12:17:06 #
With foreground, ocean and sky represented essentially in a balanced way horizontally, I don't think the fact that the horizon bisects the image is the determining consideration. Composition works for me...
Jan 25, 2019 13:38:15 #
rmalarz wrote:
It's not a rule, but a guide.
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
Yeah. All of these "rules" are only useful in getting your head around composition. You use them until you own them and then understand how to break them creatively.
Jan 25, 2019 17:44:53 #
Just Fred wrote:
I've tried to think how the Rule of Thirds would improve this photo, and don't believe it would. Agree or disagree?
Well beside the other rule which says rules are meant to be broken, where does it say your thirds can't be on an angle. Foreground one third, clouds another and in between, the final third.
Jan 25, 2019 18:08:43 #
rmalarz wrote:
It's not a rule, but a guide.
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
Personally, I'd be more concerned by the blown out clouds than composition. The photograph itself is nicely balanced, even though the horizon line is along the middle of the frame. The sweeping line of the tree and the ground nicely supports the scene and the clouds balance the ground.
--Bob
it's one way to compose a photo but there are other ways, such as arranging a dark subject on a light background or a light subject on a dark background or weighting elements to give a balance. I don't think you can violate the rule of thirds but you can ignore it and get something more interesting and rather less tired.
Jan 25, 2019 18:24:23 #
How about this rule of thirds. If the image looks good when you first compose it, step back then take another look. If you step back one more time and then the third time you look, it still looks good, go with it!
Jan 25, 2019 18:25:46 #
Rich1939 wrote:
How about this rule of thirds. If the image looks good when you first compose it, step back then take another look. If you step back one more time and then the third time you look, it still looks good, go with it!
Jan 25, 2019 18:45:05 #
Rich1939 wrote:
How about this rule of thirds. If the image looks good when you first compose it, step back then take another look. If you step back one more time and then the third time you look, it still looks good, go with it!
Be sure you're not standing on a cliff when following these directions!
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