Pictures that incorportate "the rule of thirds"

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I'm still trying to grasp the concept of the rule and I would appreciate it a lot if people would post pictures that incorporate this rule, and maybe give a brief explanation on how its used in the photo. The pictures do not have to be yours, but please cite your source if they aren't to give credit where its due, thanks.
 
hey man, ill try and get it for u. its at school now.mine was this.
a photo of the lake, with land, (coast), and the sky.ithere are many different forms of it. btu thats one.like the sky grounnd and another thing.
 
heres one
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here is a picture i took. the canoes are the subject, but i used the rule of thirds and put them in the bottom right part of the frame to keep the landscape.

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That's a little funny how its a guide for rule of thirds, yet it puts the city skyline dead center, but its still a good reference.

 
I commend you for wanting to understand the rule of thirds. This is the number one most important rule of photography. Once you grasp the concept, your photos will linstantly improve, guaranteed.
Here's a rule of thirds chart. It divides the frame into thirds vertically and horizontally. Place the subject of your photo on this line, not in the middle of the frame. Images placed in the center of the frame seem "static," or unmoving, still. Subjects placed on the intersections of the lines, on the other hand, are "dynamic," or moving (which makes your photos more interesting and natural).
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Notice his eyes form a line across the top line.
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Look where the focus of the images is: near the top left intersection.
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My friend's whole body is on the right hand side vertical line. Notice his head and shoes are near the grid's 4 intersection points.
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First of all, notice the use of framing in this one. The foreground trees and grass make a border around part of the frame. Also notice that the foreground is parallel to the bottom line, and the top of the mountains in the background are near the top line.
Well that's all I've got for now. If you have any more questions just let me know.

 
most pics that you see can be looked at with the rule of thirds. Even if its not a good photographer it is our minds natural way of wanting to see things.
google
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taking pictures of fast moving objects like of a car or of that skier, you always, always put the subject in the opposite side of the frame in which the object is moving towards. so if the skier is going to your right like in that picture, the photographer did the right job of putting it in the left frame. it adds some continuity of speed.
 
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Think about the Golden Rule also. Im not sure if its as important in photography, but its used a lot in art. Basically make a line from corner to corner in your frame, then intersect that with a line coming from another corner to form a right angle where they intersect. That is where your subject matter should go.
 
almost had it, just add the http:// next time

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interesting concept though. anyone else heard of this technique in photography?
 
Its based on the Golden Rule. Basically that retcangle is like the perfectly proportioned shape, when you fit it inside itself in the fashion shown multiple times, it gives you that focal point. If you make a fist and look down on it, your hand and fingers are in the same shape in the same proportion..
 
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