Rule of thirds
Rule of thirds is your composition. It enables you to produce a much more sophisticated picture. For example you might want to take a picture of a rock, instead of having it in the middle and taking a photo that way, you might decide that actually, placing it on the left or right hand side adds a little more pizzazz. You can get a great overlook on the background as well as the sweet spot (what part of the picture attracts the most)
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For example this woman is standing towards the right and slightly in the middle of the photo. You can see the effect it gives as opposed to having the woman in the middle and taking a generic shot. You are able to get colour contrast, backgrounds, sea and sky - everything looks beautiful.
My photos;
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This one is my favourite for several reasons. Firstly, the object is placed on the right hand side of the picture therefore allowing you to see the background. Secondly, we have the worms' eye view which amplifies the photo even more, rather then it being up straight and lastly, we have another camera setting added onto here (shutter speed). This just all ties in together to form something very captivating to the eye.
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I wasn't so much fond of this because, I tried to place my objects on a specific side however, I felt there was too much grass covering the picture and the camera was in the middle and it was mainly the objects that weren't even on the side, but looking towards the side
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Here I positioned my camera so that a segment of the plant was noticeable whilst the right hand side was mostly covered by the grainy sky.
The first 2 images were blurry and the composition wasn't really noted as I would've wanted it to be. So, the 3rd image was fixing the colour and then the 4th image was adjusting the composition as well as the the placement of the camera - I was very fond of it because, at first you assume it would be a bush when, in actual fact, it's a plant. That's one of the great things about composition - it makes you think.
Here I was trying to get more background and less of what I wanted in the picture because, that would've made it more unique and alluring to look at.