Today's photos are of a squirrel I met on my walk home. I'm going to name him Bill to illustrate what I want to explain.
One of the most basic rules of photography is called the "rule of thirds". To understand this, think of your frame divided into 3 sections. You can usually have a grid enabled on your camera or phone to help with this. The rule states that your subject matter should be located either in 1/3 or 2/3 of the shot. My 2nd and 3rd photos demonstrate this. The 2nd one shows Bill and the fence in the bottom third of the image. The 3rd one shows Bill and the fence in the bottom 2/3 of the photo. I personally like one with Bill in the bottom 1/3 but that just my opinion.
The reason for this, is it is supposed to be more pleasing to the eye. This will actually bring your eye through the image more then if it was in the center.
My last photo is of Bill smack dab in the middle of the photo. See how unappealing this is? It does nothing for the image. It makes it stagnant and does not "lead" you though the image.
Hopefully that quick explanation helps you with your own photos :)
More to come tomorrow.
Here are my photos for today. Enjoy!
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