APLLYING THE RULE of THIRDS

The rule of thirds is a basic and popular rule used mostly in photography . The background behind it is to reach an easy balanced composition or to avoid symmetric one which is usually boring.

One easy way to practice the rule is to divide an image into thirds both in horizontal view and vertical view by imagery lines. The intersections of these lines create 4 points called crossing points. We placed important objects here to attract people's attention.

The following exanples are 2 good examples:

Example 1: The image is divided into 2 separate areas; one occupies 1/3, the other takes 2/3 of the whole image.

Example 2: This image takes advantage of a crossing point to create constrast and reduce "boring" empty space. The object here is a small wooden house and plays part as "an anchor for a first look and invites to a further observation of the scene".

References: RULE of THE THIRDS, http://www.photozone.de/4Technique/compose/third.htm