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The Golden Section in Photos

The first photo was taken in 1839. At first it was an elementary precise fixation of some action or object. But later opportunities expanded. Photography began to adopt artistic elements from other arts. And in art, as you know, there are rules.

For example, mathematicians have discovered one of the most important laws of beauty: the principle of the golden section. The basis of this discovery is that the length ratio should be 1: 1.617. Or, in another way, it can be expressed in proportion: the whole length refers to the larger segment in the same way as the larger segment refers to the smaller one.

The harmony of the golden section is everywhere: if a woman's growth is proportional to the length of her legs, then looking at her figure, each person understands that this fair-sex representative is beautiful. The same principle of the golden section deals with the structure of other living organisms. A picture of the great masters and the unique Taj Mahal? And this is also based on harmonious proportions.

There is also a golden section in the photograph. Photography as art simply can not do without these proportions. After all, in fact, it's the same picture, only done in a different way. Therefore everything that the great painters used is also relevant in photography.

To understand what a golden section of photography, you can imagine a digital camera screen or viewfinder. Then you should mentally hold two horizontal and two vertical lines. The grid will be divided into nine parts. These lines will be called "golden lines", and the points of their intersection by "golden dots".

It has long been noted that in any picture, regardless of its format, there are points on which the viewer's attention is focused. They are only four, and they are located at a distance of 3/8 from each edge of the plane. These are the intersection points of two vertical and two horizontal lines.

Therefore, the most important part of the composition, on which the photographer wants to sharpen the attention of the audience, should be on one of the four intersections of the grille. With the help of a digital camera, this can be checked easily and quickly. If the golden section in the photo is observed, then the picture will be marked by the viewers as excellent.

Take a photo, for example, a flower. In one picture he will be at the intersection point, and on the other - in an arbitrary place. Anyone who sees your photo will say that they like the first option more, although the image is exactly the same. Why? Yes, just because it was observed the golden ratio in the photo!

When landscape photography, where there is a horizon line or a strip of forest, a professional always uses the rule of the third part. That is, it can be placed on both the upper conditional horizon and the bottom. It all depends on what is in your composition should attract more attention: if the horizon line is on the bottom horizontal, then the accent will fall on the image of the sky, and if at the top, it means that you have an interesting foreground in the photograph.

Do not ever divide the frame strictly in half. Such a picture will be uninteresting and less expressive. Again, the cause of this failure is the same golden ratio in the photograph, which in this case is not observed.

There is still a very important rule. This rule is diagonal. Highway, road, coastline, even an ordinary fence does not have to be removed parallel to the horizontal of the frame. Shooted diagonally, they will give the picture dynamics and expressiveness.

Also worth paying attention to the choice of the point of shooting. It can happen that you have several interesting objects on the "golden section" points that you want to show. But in this case, the viewer's attention will be dissipated, and the view will wander. The expected effect will be lost.

Do not be lazy to take a few pictures every time, focusing on something. As the ship does not have two captains at the same time, so in the picture, the focus of attention should be only one.

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