Accidental Renaissance (on Purpose) Peeping Tom by 30pics4jackiesdiamond

Accidental Renaissance (on Purpose) Peeping Tom

I really struggle with rules of composition. Sort of OK with the Rule of Thirds and leading lines but the Golden Ratio and particularly the Fibonacci Spiral have me flumoxed. However I had a peruse through Google and a couple of books and went out today to get an Accidental Renaissance ( tha'ts so hard to spell!) for the Dogwood Challenge.

Think I've managed a Golden Ratio here- The Ship Inn is a square of bricks and the white building with the phone camera guy is half the width of the square.



Great shot! Did you follow the same artclass as I did?
April 23rd, 2019  
looks good to me! a great response to the challenge
April 23rd, 2019  
Cool shot for St Georges Day.
Golden Ratio and Fibonacci thingummy bamboozle me too - no matter how much I read/watch about it.
April 23rd, 2019  
I have never gotten the Golden Ratio.
April 23rd, 2019  
i find it easiest to use the crop overlays in photoshop , maybe shoot a bit wider and crop in post , i havent tried to see them while shooting , clever if you did here,.
April 23rd, 2019  
@kali66 thanks Kali, I tried to get the ratio in camera and tidied it up with cropping using the grid of 9 squares on windows editting.


@joansmor it's rule of thirds with attitude!

@4rky yup!!

@grammyn I was quite pleased thanks Katy

@jacqbb I looked at yours and then had another look at the ones I took today Nd made this one sort of work. Thank you

April 23rd, 2019  
I did a Fibonacci Spiral challenge once. Once. Very difficult. Your challenge of an accidental renaissance photo sounds difficult as well. Nice shot.
April 23rd, 2019  
This is very cool.

I tend to use the crop tool as well to check. GIMP has a golden ratio option as well as the thirds that divides the grid into 9 squares. I found this article to explain the accidental renaissance effect - https://www.buzzfeed.com/lynzybilling/19-photos-that-accidentally-look-like-renaissance-art
April 23rd, 2019  
@shannejw I used that BuzzFeed link before you uploaded it to the Dogwood thread. Gimp still broken on laptop, going to remove and reinstall.
@randystreat it was fun to accidentally plan!!
April 23rd, 2019  
A stunning capture for your challenge, the rest is Greek to me ;-)
April 24th, 2019  
@ludwigsdiana it's advanced stuff!!
April 24th, 2019  
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