Lens-Artists Challenge #197 – The Rule of Thirds
This week, the theme from Tina Schell, for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge is focused on one of the most well-known and widely used rules of photography, the Rule of Thirds. She said, “For those who would like to study the concept further, there are many online descriptions and examples. Adobe offers an excellent summary here. Basically, the rule is a compositional guideline that encourages placement of your primary subject on at least part of three equal rows and three equal columns as illustrated below.”
The Adobe article entitled: How to use, and break, the rule of thirds
Rule of Thirds Grid
The idea is to place your subject on one (or more) of the grid lines, or even better on the dots, theoretically making the image more pleasing to the eye.
I’ve been taking photos since I was a teenager when there were only Black & White photos. As indicated in the Adobe article, “The more you do it, the more it gets ingrained into your head.” I apply the Rule of Thirds most of the time in my photo compositions.
I learned drawing and painting at a young age, the Rule of Thirds also applies to the composition of drawing, painting, and some other forms of art. I’ll post my photos and two of my paintings in this post.
There are many kinds of butterflies in my garden, Swallowtail, Monarch, Mourning Cloak, and Cabbage butterflies. A Monarch came back from the south early this year and is busy laying eggs. I collected 10 eggs so far. Three are in the chrysalis form, two are growing strong, and five are 1/8″ babies. I’ll post some Monarch photos later. I saw a Nymphalis antiopa, known as Mourning Cloak, a few days ago but didn’t take good photos. I took the following one a while ago.
There are many turtles in the lake within walking distance from home. This colorful turtle was sunbathing when I walked around the lake one day. The entire colorful body is attractive. The reflection of the sunlight made part of his body draw more attention.
I took the following photo in Maui, Hawaii. The crashing waves evoke my imagination. I strive to take photos with droplets dancing in the air as the waves splash the rocks.
The following are my two paintings. Naturally, the tree is the focus of the first painting and the butterfly is in the second painting.
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Lens-Artists Challenge #197 – The Rule of Thirds
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The Showers of Blessings 
Miriam, I am so impressed with your paintings. I have never been great at painting and it’s so much easier to snap a picture. But painting takes a lot more time. Thanks for sharing all your work. 🙂
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Painting is a hobby, Marsha! It takes concentration and patience. It’s a good way to forget about everything and relax. 😊 I haven’t painted for a while. Hope to do some later this year. By the way, we may go to Portland the 3rd week of July. We cancelled the Mother’s Day trip and rescheduled it for the Memorial Day weekend. The following trip is the end of September.
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Okay, then I will think about the end of September as my trip to Portland. I want to schedule a month to go see Vince’s son in Sacramento. So that sounds like September – part of October maybe. Then I could easily drive or fly to Portland from there. We would just be in time for the dahlia’s. Do you have a church you attend in Portland?
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We’ll be going from September 16 to 26. Will babysit the two kids by ourselves on the first weekend when my daughter and her hubby go to Washington for a wedding. The second weekend is my granddaughter’s birthday party. I’ll be available during the week between weekends.
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That sounds great. I’m going to talk to Terri this afternoon to finalize our dates, then.
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That’s wonderful! Marsha!
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I’ll send you an email with my travel details. 🙂
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Perfect, Marsha. 😊
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