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Sometimes, it is something that we carefully invision and build.
Other times....
It is what you end up with while blindly balancing your tripod on a slippery rock and standing on two other slippery rocks... all in the middle of a river 75 yards above an eighty foot waterfall.
One of the keys to shooting Epic Landscape Photgraphy is exalting the photograph's soul via golden ratio compositions, thusly wedding the art to the divine proportion by which life itself was designed and exalted.
Dr. Elliot McGucken's Golden Number Ratio Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography Composition Studies!
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Greetings flickr friends! I am working on several books on "epic photography," and I recently finished a related one titled: The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography: An Artistic and Scientific Introduction to the Golden Mean . Message me on facebook for a free review copy!
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The Golden Ratio also informs the design of the golden revolver on all the swimsuits and lingerie, as well as the 45surf logo!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Dr. E’s Golden Ratio Principle: The golden ratio exalts beauty because the number is a characteristic of the mathematically and physically most efficient manners of growth and distribution, on both evolutionary and purely physical levels. The golden ratio ensures that the proportions and structure of that which came before provide the proportions and structure of that which comes after. Robust, ordered growth is naturally associated with health and beauty, and thus we evolved to perceive the golden ratio harmonies as inherently beautiful, as we saw and felt their presence in all vital growth and life—in the salient features and proportions of humans and nature alike, from the distribution of our facial features and bones to the arrangements of petals, leaves, and sunflowers seeds. As ratios between Fibonacci Numbers offer the closest whole-number approximations to the golden ratio, and as seeds, cells, leaves, bones, and other physical entities appear in whole numbers, the Fibonacci Numbers oft appear in nature’s elements as “growth’s numbers.” From the dawn of time, humanity sought to salute their gods in art and temples exalting the same proportion by which all their vital sustenance and they themselves had been created—the golden ratio.
Ansel Adams is not only my favorite photographer, but he is one of the greatest photographers and artists of all time. And just like great artists including Michelangelo, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Botticelli, and Picasso, Ansel used the golden ratio and divine proportions in his epic art.
Not so long ago I discovered golden regions in many of his famous public domain his 8x10 aspect ratio photographs. I call these golden harmony regions "regions of golden action" or "ROGA"S, as seen here:
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And too, I created some videos highlighting Ansel's use of the golden harmonies. Enjoy!
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More golden ratio and epic photography composition books soon! Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Dr. Elliot McGucken :)
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Anthony Braxton / Joe Fonda - Composition 173
"Murmuri" by the ceramicist Eve Ariza - Venice
One of my very favorite pavilions was that of Andorra. Titled Murmuri, and by the ceramicist Eve Ariza, the room had black walls covered with hundreds of ceramic vessels ranging in color from black through brown and cream. The attendant explained that the vessels were the colors of human skin and that each of the vessels makes a sound if you listen quietly, i.e. they murmur, as the title suggests. Looking more closely, the bowls are crimped at the bottom, making a form that suggests lips. If I had one pavilion to recommend in Venice, this would be it.
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Compositionally Challenged Week 17 is "Out of place, lost or forgotten".
What could be more out of place than a giant shark out of water?
An eye-catching sight in Ocean Shores. Would you step into the shark's mouth? I read that it's a gift shop.
"Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops."
Christian Bale
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These last weeks, we have thought about our next summer holidays. We hope that they will be even more exciting that 2012 vacation in Crete. Looking at this photo, it seems very difficult :)
My 52 project - Week 14/52.
the miracle of poetry. nature, people, memories. poetry flows deep. it is a miracle. good poetry, like nature, inspires new poetry. it is a miracle of words. a miracle of form. i read, and suddenly, after long months of silence, my body, my blood, the very cells in my body begin to tremble, shaken up by poetry, they begin to pulsate, to ring. my sleeping thoughts and words begin to awaken and group together and ring together, and i, without realizing it, am again led away by the hand, and i go, led along by virgil. i go through my own heaven and my own hell.
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Richelieu Pavillon of Le Louvre, as seen from inside the Grand Pyramid, on a wonderful summer day.
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The rule of thirds is a principle of composition that helps you keep your images dynamic.
It gives you eight elements to work with -- four lines and four intersections. Placing points of interest along the lines or at the intersections tends to create a more interesting composition.