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Math, Beauty, Landscapes, Balance and why this thing looks cool.
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Your brain loves Φ (phi).
The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately Represented by the symbol Φ. Your brain loves Φ (phi).
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Who likes stars?
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Φ 1
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At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio - especially in the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is the golden ratio—believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing.
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Many of the proportions of The Parthenon are golden ratios.
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Leonardo Divinci’s Vitruvian Man
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0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144…. The Fibonacci Sequence
What is the pattern here? 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144…. Leonardo Fibonacci c – c. 1250
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5 X 1.6Ф = 8
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13 X 1.61Ф =
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Here a sunflower seed illustrates this principal as the number of clockwise spirals is 55 (marked in red) and the number of counterclockwise spirals is 89 (marked in green).
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What does all this math have to do with photography?
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The golden ratio (Phi) is the basis behind the “rule of thirds” in photography.
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Landscapes and organics are all about balance.
Use the rule of thirds in order to create informal balance.
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For this project you must choose between organics
A close study of the natural world.
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And Landscapes A wide angle study of the natural world.
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For every landscape, ask yourself…
For every landscape, ask yourself…. What is the more interesting here, the sky or the ground?
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If the sky is more interesting, it should occupy 2/3’s
of the photograph.
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If the ground is more interesting, it should occupy 2/3’s of the photograph.
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Here, the rule of thirds was handled poorly.
While it still uses informal balance, and that works…. A lot of this photograph is boring.
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If both the sky and foreground seem equally important use formal, 50/50 balance.
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Many successful landscapes have a point interest as well as a horizon line, so both should be placed correctly.
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Landscape. Lastname.4th.Landscape Original B&W Color 40 pictures.
25 black and white 25 color 3 FINAL
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Organic. Lastname.4th.organic Original B&W Color 40 pictures.
25 black and white 25 color 3 FINAL
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