NEW Basic Assignment #1: Rule of Thirds and Golden Mean

Here's my attempt.


a77, 70-200mm F2.8 G, 0.001 sec (1/2000), f/4.0, 200 mm, ISO: 250

bms44974 wrote: I'll award a pass provided that you can assure me that you cropped from only one side.

Brian...I after going back and finding the original file I am sad to report that I don't deserve a pass. I cropped equally from both sides. I didn't realize it when I posted the photo that I had cropped it from both sides. I'll try again.

Hi, here are my attempts:

Rule of thirds.
I have clearer ones but I wanted to see if it works for relatively large subjects too. Both the crisps and applesauce are on a cross section but I did not center them at these points as I wanted the two close to eachother.


A55, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro @ 35mm, ISO100, f/4.5, 1/2000s - not cropped, just border added.

Golden ratio, or actually the golden spiral.
This is a tougher one to do in the field but fun to try.


A55, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro @ 30mm, ISO100, f/8, 1/160s - height cropped to get 1 to 1.6.... ratio, border added.

I'm using the movements of the fans to direct the spiral to the dancer's face. See here with overlay.

Edited by Minky - 17 September 2012 at 14:24

@Minky: The ROT intersections are clearly on the two chips and sauce, but I am not sure which is the subject. Your second shot is a nice example of the golden mean. While the bottom scarf is not on the spiral, it is parallel to it and emphasizes the overall movement in the photo. The dancer's head is placed perfectly at the focal point of the spiral. You get a pass.





@zedhead: Rob, There were some on the team who would have preferred the horizon to be on the lower third line, but there was general agreement that the lighthouse was well placed. I am not so concerned about the horizon since having it on the lower third line would have placed the ship at an intersection and the lighthouse is the much more appealing subject for this image (IMHO). The top of the lighthouse is not perfectly placed, but certainly good enough for a pass.



Cheers... Brian

Been away for a while. I took this in San Francisco on an A200 with 300mm lens handheld so quite chuffed it came out as well as it did as it was quite busy with traffic and foot passengers. There is also no crop on the image.

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@Ridley: Thanks for venturing into the assignments. I look forward to reviewing your entries. We do require a bit of data on submitted photos and there is no Exif embedded in the JPG and none on Photobucket. Can you provide some details about the camera, lens, and date of capture?

Thanks... Brian

The eye (at least mine) is drawn to the lower left intersection framed by the pipes. Shot for this assignment.



a850, 50mm

Sorry. I posted 2 before having passed first one. My bad. Please forgive.

Edited by Chinasaur - 28 October 2012 at 23:51