Vicious poodles and the rule of thirds

One of my favorite photographers over on Flickr, The Pack, has a nifty post in the Standard Poodles photo group simultaneously displaying the artistic rule of thirds as well as why poodles shouldn’t be taken lightly. ;)

I’m going to “bend” the rules a bit and post more than two images so that I can illustrate the Rule of Thirds better. My intent was to crop my original to take advantage of the Rule….

An excellent illustration.

The rule of thirds, according to Wikipedia:

The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography.

The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.