Re: Rule of Thirds?

Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

> Well, there you have the nub of it - there is no 'best' and never
> can be.

That depends very much on what you mean by best. You nullify the value 
of the rules and if we accept that, then you're right: There is no 
best, because they are all useless.

If you adopt my point of view for a short while and accept the premise 
that rules of thumb has value, then you aren't right. They are rules of 
thumb and as such a based on what most people prefer. That means they 
can be judged against each other (the Rule of Thirds and the Golden 
Section at least, since they work on the same level).

> Besides which, composition is a highly complex thing. [...]
> That's why you can't adopt one simple rule and expect it to improve
> your pictures.

I don't.

But I'm trying to use this single rule very much in order to get the 
hang of it. Big difference.

> I have a picture in front of me that I took in the summer. [...]

I do know that one single rule cannot be used successfully for every 
picture.