gsn and The Rule of Thirds

[Sparrow]

Do you mean the center "Ninth", in other words, the center?

If you place something in the center, the viewer's attention will be there. If you place something on one of the nodes, then yes, the viewer's attention will be there. If you place something elsewhere, that's where the attention will be. Yes, pretty obvious. I just don't buy that one place is inherently better than another. That's just too simplistic and ignores everything else that my be going on. And I don't see what's so magic about 1/3 (consider above discussion of 3/5, Pi, square root of 2, and whatever)?

I really said what I wanted to say in the other thread. But since you called me out here, I figured I should show up. Don't really care to continue, though.

Cheers,
Gary

... here, or the other thread?

 

[DNG]

isn't it to help with the geometry of all the elements to balance better?

But, how often can we balance the elements?

Just a guide, if you have time to care about balance, sometimes the subject is far more interesting than balance.

I think about Street... where a split second to grab the moment.. and can't waste those few micro-seconds to balance the image....

I think HCB waited for a person to "enter" his pre-framed image at just the right direction and place on many of his balanced photos..
May be wrong... but, just makes sense to me.. the famous "man jumping over a puddle" was just how he did, he waited for the perfect jumper, and then took the photo.

 

[airfrogusmc]

isn't it to help with the geometry of all the elements to balance better?

But, how often can we balance the elements?

Just a guide, if you have time to care about balance, sometimes the subject is far more interesting than balance.

I think about Street... where a split second to grab the moment.. and can't waste those few micro-seconds to balance the image....

I think HCB waited for a person to "enter" his pre-framed image at just the right direction and place on many of his balanced photos..
May be wrong... but, just makes sense to me.. the famous "man jumping over a puddle" was just how he did, he waited for the perfect jumper, and then took the photo.

He didn't always wait and there are just as many other photos where he was working on the fly. And as he says it it becomes a developed instinct and it does. But it's not about hard rules but how to compose on the fly to show the scene in the best possible way. I like to use the edges of the frame a lot. Winogrand, Friedlander, Meyerowitz especially his color work and many others used the frame.

 

[DNG]

Yes, I realize that with HCB. I also am learning to frame on the fly and as you I also like to use my edges to place people sometimes walking out of the frame instead of in the frame

 

[airfrogusmc]

Yes, I realize that with HCB. I also am learning to frame on the fly and as you I also like to use my edges to place people sometimes walking out of the frame instead of in the frame

It takes a lot of practice to get good at. If I don't do it for a while my timing is off and my instincts and seeing are not sharp. Usually an hour or two and we are hitting on all cylinders again.