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The best of this summer

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For me, those images represent summer in all its facets, colours and beauty. Enjoy!
Please show the artists some love,; watch, comment, fav, you know you want to! :)

The Dynamics of Black and White

~steelybobber:iconsteelybobber: reports, 1d 22h ago
Info on HDR photography and the dynamics of a photo with emphasis on the Black and White aspect. Thanks to all who do such good work in this field. This is just a sample and there are many others out there that are good and even better than what I have shown.

Sunset, or sunrise, which do you prefer?

=CarpeSav:iconCarpeSav: reports, 1d 10h ago
Sunsets, and sunrises.. One of the many beautiful things about our planet. Take a gander.

So you wanna shoot Polaroid?

*vaporiss:iconvaporiss: reports, 22h 33m ago
Even with the end of Polaroid film, the joy of instant photography is not entirely dead yet.

The Dress-Up Game Pt. II- Her favorite fetish

~FreakingMuse:iconFreakingMuse: reports, 1d 15h ago
The Dress-Up Game is an irregular feature of photography with the focus on a changing piece of clothing.

This time: Shoes

Photographers of the Week (Issue 6)

=nxxos:iconnxxos: reports, 1d 1h ago
Due to the massive upload rates in the galleries new and talented members of deviantART really have a hard time getting noticed. With this feature I want to give those members a head start and the exposure they deserve. That's why I only choose photographers with a relatively small number of pageviews (less or just above 1,000).

World of Sakura / Cherry blossom flowers

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This is about cherry blossom (or sakura in japanese) flowers.
I wanna share it with all deviant here.
This is One of my fav flower.
I'm collect it before this..
I hope u'all love it too :aww:

Enjoy it! :heart:

Colours Square Rainbow - Macro & Flower

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Some of my favourites - square, colorful, macro!

Photography News This Week

Coloured and Colourless III

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We love photography...

BIG FEATURE: Photos with a soul! XV

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If you also want to be featured in such kind of article, let me know by sending a note or :+devwatch: me :)
:kiss: I hope you will appreciate their amazing work :)

Set up for stop motion images

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How the heck do you stop motion?

Your Darkest Dreams - August 08

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Your Darkest Dreams is a monthly feature devoted to sharing dark photography works from DeviantArt. Often misunderstood as "morbid" or "depressing", Your Darkest Dreams seeks to show this kind of photography in a new way: by showcasing art that is thought provoking, but at the same time unabashedly displays the beauty in darkness.

Le romantisme réinventé

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.. pour l'amour de l'art.

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!

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A HUGE Kitty Cat Feature

The secret spell of PORTRAITS

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I like them, so I hope you'll too.

<3

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:heart:When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue

Wonderful World

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Wonderful world & photography

Photography


Exploring Digital Photography #4

`cdaile:iconcdaile: reports, September 14, 2007
This series of news articles is intended to help the novice digital photographer who wants to learn more. The aim is to explain key terms and introduce new ideas to help you, as a novice, explore the world of digital photography.


The Rule of Thirds.. when to use it and how to break it!



A lot of the great photographic work presented here on dA is done with consideration to a few basic rules and guidelines in photography, whether we know it or not (not specific only to digital photographers though). One such guideline most people should know about is the Rule of Thirds. It’s a simple rule that can add an edge to your photo, making it more than just your average image or snap shot.



Consider this..



Before we go into the Rule of Thirds though, I want to encourage every photographer to think about their work more closely. Do you consider the outcome before you point and shoot your camera (or at least as much as you can)? It’s not hard to do, and you’ll notice the difference in your photos!

For instance, do you think about where the light is coming from for your subject? Could you turn the subject around and have the light coming from a different direction in order to enhance features? Have you ever thought about how you’ll present the photo afterward, will you leave it in colour or maybe enhance the image digitally, or perhaps even present it in black and white?

Do you normally consider where in the image the main subject will sit? If you consider placing the main subject of your photo to one side of the image, rather than in the centre you’ve then got the freedom to put something interesting in the background that fills the remainder of the image!

These are all important things to consider when you have your camera in hand, and it’s often better to slow down and think and plan first, then it is to take hundreds of photos which you’re not happy with.

So, one really great guideline to help you plan ahead is the Rule of Thirds. It’s one of THE golden rules in photography that will help you place your subject correctly in the frame.



The Rule of Thirds?



The rule is pretty simple actually, just divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically (imagine the lines through your viewfinder) or even grab one of your older photos and draw some lines on it. There’s a great example of this also on wikki. When planning and composing your photo, try to place important elements either along these lines, or where the lines intersect – rather than at the centre of the frame.

For example, place a subject's eyes where the top line is, or place your subject where two of these lines intersect. Alternatively, if you want something quite eye catching and you have a single subject, like a child or an object, try placing them to one side; filling the other half with something of interest or leaving it empty with vivid colours or the pattern of the wall.

Most often, examples of this rule can be found in nature photography. Part or all of the sky may be placed in the upper third of an image; or the fence in the foreground or grass might consume the bottom third of the photo. Sunset images for example, with vivid displays of colour, highlight the Rule of Thirds really well!

Some great examples of the Rule of Thirds at work in Photography here on dA:










It's a very simple rule to follow and will result in a nicely balanced, easy on the eye photo, which most people can’t help but stare at! It also helps get rid of the problems with “small subject and large waste of space” because you need to position items relative to the edges of the frame. Go on, give it a go and you’ll see what I mean!



Rules were made to be broken!



Having said all this though, you should also know that some rules were made to be broken, and the Rule of Thirds is one of those rules! Remember, we’re artists and we like to try different things, and that’s ok! The Rule of Thirds is more of a guideline anyway (if I had a pirate voice, imagine I sounded gruff then!) and sometimes you’ll plan something only to find it looks better when you break the rule.

Now that you know about the Rule of Thirds, the key is knowing when to break it. You’ll get there through experience, feeling the mood of the photo or subject, working with colour and balance and trying new things. Remember that some of the greatest discoveries ever made were done so by accident.

So, to encourage you to break the rules (and I mean that in photographic terms only), here’s some outstanding work which throws caution to the wind, and the Rule of Thirds out the window!













Future Editions:
Lighting and Flash
Optical vs Digital Zoom
Lenses and Filters
Special Photography Secrets
Macro special…


Previous Editions
EDP Edition #1
EDP Edition #2
EDP Edition #3

Thanks for reading. Feel free to send a note if you've got a suggestion for future editions of EDP!

Cheers,
Cath

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=Sun-Seeker:iconSun-Seeker: Sep 14, 2007, 12:30:33 AM
Did you know the rule of thirds was invented in the 17 or 18 hundreds by a painter the name of who I forget. Predates photography by a long chalk... Good example and a fine resource Cath

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`cdaile:iconcdaile: Sep 14, 2007, 1:19:57 AM
an interesting fact, thanks david! glad you like it :heart: :D

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~AdamsWife:iconAdamsWife: Sep 14, 2007, 1:20:51 AM
Very well written Cath :clap: :thumbsup:

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=Ilharess:iconIlharess: Sep 14, 2007, 2:28:00 AM Mood: Joy
hehe, hear about that rule a lot...just like the golden cut and stuff like that. i heard about it, i learnt about it in my art classes (too few if you ask me) during highschool when we studied paintings. but...i love it how you presented that rules such as this may be broken in many cases. it's good to know about rules, it's great stuff to know what's eye catching, and it's especially great for beginners. what i don't like is when people start isnisting that i should have done it differently when i didn't want to, even if i specifically write in description that i wnted it differently, or had no opportunity to rearrange stuff. i don't consider myself an expert or talented artist, but i love to make my own composition which at times wants the subject in the centre, sometimes it will be in the corner and sometimes...don't know :giggle: when i have time to think about composition and other stuff, i set up my camera to full manual mode and experiment with exposure, aperture, composition and whatever else. sadly, many times i'm on a field trip with people that don't do photography, or at least take it as documentary, use compacts and don't know how to use it, not because they might not want to but because they don't need it. they need to document such and such and it has to be sharp and focused. and then, i run after them, set my camera to auto-aperture and 1/125 exposure, sometimes if dark i change ISO on the run and pick compositions in a blink of an eye. good thing is that i managed to evolve this speed efficient composition making so photos at least look ok and can be ajdusted. and some always come out good enough to be put up these pages of mine, at least i feel so :hmm:
well i think you're doing a great job with this small photo-school on-line. :clap: i always enjoy to read it, and i hope you don't mind my silly comments...i can stop if you do ;)

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~alexciel:iconalexciel: Sep 14, 2007, 2:29:49 AM Mood: Joy
very cognitive!
thank you)

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!undiscoveredshadow:iconundiscoveredshadow: Sep 14, 2007, 3:14:03 AM
Thanks for featuring my deviation :D

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~uae4u:iconuae4u: Sep 14, 2007, 4:23:09 AM
i think i follow the rule although its my first time hearing abt it

thanks for sharing it with us :)

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*S-t-r-a-n-g-e:iconS-t-r-a-n-g-e: Sep 14, 2007, 6:51:43 AM Mood: Love
Hey ! great explain and amazing choices for the visual explin, i love this my work too, so i'm happy it exist as sample here !
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