"Composition: Odd Numbers" Feb. 15 - 29, 2012

[Saralonde]

This week: "Odd Numbers". There is an interesting rule in composition that odd numbers of objects look better than even numbers. Generally your eye moves more easily over the items (or people) and it keeps you from pairing up even numbers of objects.
So next week, your assignment is to present an image with an odd number of things or people.
The ‘Odd Rule’ of Composition
Tips & Tricks - “Odd Numbers & Symmetry”
Art Composition Rules

I've been using this a lot lately in this year's 366, very often without thinking about it. It seems to come naturally after awhile:


As always, rules:

Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.

1. Your original image you submit should be taken on or between the 15th to the 29th of February, 2012. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT (3AM EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition. Don't wait until the last minute to post!

2. Your post must include "Composition: Odd Numbers" as the title or in the text (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (740px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.

For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the Assignment section the weekend after the contest closes. There should be a thread announcing the winners.

8. For help with posting images, check the FAQ at the top of this page and click on "Posting Images". It will give you a detailed explanation.

Next week: "Composition: "Get Down". Even though I know I should be taking shots from all different angles, I seldom get down very low to shoot. Afraid of getting dirty maybe? Maybe, but it's always good to see what a different perspective can do. Try getting eye level with babies and children to see how it draws the viewer into the photo. Consider a bug's eye view of the world. Don't want to get dirty? Put your camera down low and shoot "blind".

Get Down and Dirty for a New Perspective On Your Photography

[MikeC365]

Cannot wait to see other peoples entries.

http://wp.me/p268wp-cd

Camera Pentax K5
Taken: 18th Feb @ 11:32am
Exposure 1/90 sec
Aperture f2.8
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO 100

M.

[IABoomer]

Composition: odd numbers

Since this was a stitched HDR, exposure times varied and the EXIF for the entire image doesn't quite match what the individual images were.


Grain elevator in Malcolm, IA by IABoomerFlickr, on Flickr

Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D5000
Lens: 35.0 mm f/1.8
Image Date: 2012-02-17
Focal Length: 35mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0025 s (1/400) (varied based
ISO equiv: 200

[Obijuan]

Waiting for King Kong




Taken on February 16, 2012 at 6.36pm CST (edit)


Camera Nikon D7000
Exposure 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 1250

[3afsa]

Taken in a Hard Rock concert, the group called "The Doctors" all of them are medical students.



EXIF

Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/1.8
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 2500
Exposure Bias +2 EV
Flash No Flash
Taken on February 21, 2012

[FlyingKiwiGirl]

Pétanque Palms


Exif data-
Date Taken- Feb 19th 2012
Camera Sony DSC-N2
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 7.9 mm
ISO Speed 160

[ebojorq]

Heridas (Wounds)



Some times we feel that our problems are like a bunch of wounds received in the same spot... what we should have in mind, though, is that God won't allow us to receive more wounds than those we can bear.

EXIF: Date taken 2012 Feb 17
iPhone 4
ISO 80
Aperture: 2.8
Focal length: 3.85 mm
Speed: 1/60

Black and white post processing in Silver Efex 2 Pro

[elvisz249]

21 feb 2012
ge power pro

[b0gd4n]

[someoldsong]

Nikon D5100
ISO:100
Aperture: 1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/60
(There are 17 of them there, I know its alot but still odd! lol)