The diagonal method: an improvement on the rule of thirds?

[Japaslavian]

Pretty much all of composition can be summed up with the Fibonacci Spiral
This is all I used when doing a personal study of composition.



And frankly, all I needed.

[candleman]

well, this is all very excitng.. theres only one problem.
thay are all so similar it doesnt matter which one you use.. lol

the "sweet spots" are still so close when you overlay each method, i dont think anyone could ever tell the difference when used practically..
most of it comes naturally i think...

but thanks vandergus for the interesting post, i wasnt aware of all the other methods.

[chrisj1968]

Originally Posted by kencaleno

Sorry, but that's not how it works-based on a 3:2 (perfect rectangle)-the diagonal goes from bottom left corner to top right corner,then a line drawn from the top left corner abuts this line at right angles,and if you do the same to each corner, you end up with the rule of thirds-This process was devised by the Greek mathematician,Pythagoras, and is known as the "Golden section"-simplified, it became known as the "Rule of thirds". regards, ken

excellent! thank you soo much Ken for this extremely helpful information. I'll try it sometime