Posts Tagged ‘Guide to Macro Composition’

    

Subject Placement – Use Two Thirds

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

In the last post I used the rule of thirds, and this time I’m going to use two of the thirds in the frame.

In the top image I placed the bee in the upper third of the frame, and also in the third of the frame on the left side.  This has a nice look, and it has the bee looking into the frame which is what you always want when shooting critters.

When I shot this image my first thought was to place the snail  in the typical position, centered in the bottom third of the frame.  Then decided it would be a little more interesting by using the bottom and left thirds and allow the shadow to be included in the image.

 
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Subject Placement in the Frame

Monday, April 12th, 2010
 
Subject placement can be very subjective. It can range from placing a main subject in the center, thirds, corners, and two of the thirds. Positioning the subject will depend on what is around it.
 
Centering the subject is what is called bulls-eyed, and in some cases this works, but you don’t want every one of your images in the center. Having a portfolio of images with varying positions from centered, thirds, and corners will keep your compositions from looking repetitive. 
 

In the image above I placed the yellow contrasting leaf in the bottom third of the frame. Offsetting the main subject in the thirds tends to be most popular way of positioning a single subject.

The dark center of this frosted Black-Eyed Susan flower is the main focal point of the flower, so I placed it in the left third of the frame. When using the thirds rule it has a less composed look and more natural.

 
Check back tomorrow for more info on placement.
 
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