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The Flickr Lounge group has picked The Rule of Thirds for the Week 9 weekly theme.
The Rule is that one has a minor point low on the left third of the photo (here I have an oak tree) and a major point higher on the right third (here the houses and a larger tree) The effect is to produce a calm and harmonious image – I generally try to avoid it.
Reversing this (high left/low right) tends to produce an inharmonious image. It is often said that this is because we read left to right but others argue that it is an inherent part of our nature to see this as it can be observed in pictures where the left to right convention in reading is not observed – Japanese prints for example. (Which were engraved the other way round from the way they are seen anyway)
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Collection of my recent event shoot. Below are my blog posts on how I prepped and shot the event.
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Gujjars of Jammu & Kashmir
In the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, the concentration of Gujjars is observed in the districts of Rajouri and Poonch, followed by, Ananatnag, Udhampur and Doda districts. It is believed that Gujjars migrated to Jammu and Kashmir from Gujarat (via Rajasthan) and Hazara district of NWFP.Another group called Bakarwal (or Bakerwal) belongs to the same ethnic stock as the Gujjars, and inter-marriages freely take place among them.
The Gujjars and the Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir were notified as the Scheduled Tribes vide the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 1991.According to the 2001 Census of India, Gujjar is the most populous scheduled tribe in J&K, having a population of 763,806. Around 99.3 per cent population of Gujjar and Bakarwal in J&K follow Islam. But according to local NGO namely Tribal Research And Cultural Foundation, Gujjars constitute more than 20% of total population of the State.
The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir in 2007 demanded to treat this tribal community as a linguistic minority in the State and provide constitutional safeguards to their language Gojri. They also impressed upon the state government to take up the matter with Delhi for inclusion of Gojri in the list of official languages of India.
In 2002, some Gujjars and Bakarwals in J&K demanded a separate state (Gujaristan) for Gujjar and Bakerwal communities, under the banner of All India Gujjar Parishad.
Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘.
It’s one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.
I will say right up front however that rules are meant to be broken and ignoring this one doesn’t mean your images are necessarily unbalanced or uninteresting. However a wise person once told me that if you intend to break a rule you should always learn it first to make sure your breaking of it is all the more effective!
What is the Rule of Thirds?
The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.
As you’re taking an image you would have done this in your mind through your viewfinder or in the LCD display that you use to frame your shot.
With this grid in mind the ‘rule of thirds’ now identifies four important parts of the image that you should consider placing points of interest in as you frame your image.
Not only this - but it also gives you four ‘lines’ that are also useful positions for elements in your photo.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. Studies have shown that when viewing images that people’s eyes usually go to one of the intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot - using the rule of thirds works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.
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Looking south from Union. Item 3129, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives.
I finally made my pilgrimage to the mythical third hippie house today. I'd heard rumblings of it for months, a forgotten connection to the past, just down the road from its far more famous neighbors. As the nearest explorer, it seemed wrong that I hadn't been here, just a five minute drive from home. I'd attempted a visit early in autumn, but a black bear was busy feeding on blackberries, bedded down in the driveway. I decided to give him space until later in the season. I didn't know it then, but I was just a few paces from the structure, hidden in the young growth and leaf cover.
Now the berries have long since shriveled, and the wildlife slipped away to deeper, warmer burrows. On this icy afternoon, I brought some long-handled trimmers to cut away the closest alders, unmasking what's left of this strange little house. Forty-five minutes of work unveiled an improbable structure, nearly as long as tall, and not very wide at all. The doors and windows are long since missing, probably repurposed elsewhere before I was born. The signs of overgrowth are untouched; the floors are rotten, but the frame still holds. Most of the hippies and draft dodgers are long since gone, but their memories linger, forgotten in the forest.
November 8, 2018
Arlington, Nova Scotia
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Third step, pinch again on the two opposite sides. You will now have four little wing looking things.
Eclipse 2017 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The diamond ring effect at third contact as the sun begins to emerge from behind the moon.
On our second day in Jasper, it was a wet morning but by midday it was starting to clear so we headed to the Valley of the Five Lakes for a hike. It is a short distance from Jasper on the Icefields Parkway.
I've been wanting to shoot the gold buildings in Southfield for a while, and was over there for a job yesterday, so did. Just after I took this, a security guard came out of the building and told me it is illegal to take pictures of the building. I didn't even have my tripod with me!
I laughed and told him that he was wrong, and that he was welcome to call the police if he felt so inclined. Why do security guards dislike cameras so much?
I toyed with posting this in B&W, but it was the gold that brought me there, so I'm leaving it as is.
It took a little while, but our crew were the first ones to find him/her/it(?), so we had the shark to ourselves for a little while.
Oil painting on cotton, wall hanging. One of a series of large symbols used for meditation or contemplation
Revisiting the 2017 "Operation: Desert Storm" location for the third year in a row. Upon my nightly arrival in Phoenix this year, the region had experienced a drought in terms of monsoon weather, and the skies were clear when I took this shot.
2018:
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Dawn from the cliffs as sunrise approached, until the very top of the sun could be seen.
We looked out the back of the house this morning and saw it looked like it was going to be a wonderful sunrise.
So, quickly dressed after coffee and a quick drive to the cliff tops, and this was the scene that greeted us.
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huge shell symbolizing third eye, on the forehead of 15m tall statue of maitreya buddha. view on black @ better view
the third eye is esoterically often referred to as the “eye of consciousness” for it is with the “third eye of consciousness” that we all in truth really see and perceive the many dimensions and levels of reality!
in hinduism and buddhism, the third eye is a symbol of enlightenment. the third eye is the ajna chakra (sixth chakra). this is commonly denoted in Indian and east asian iconography with a dot, eye or mark on the forehead of deities or enlightened beings, such as shiva, the buddha, or any number of yogis, sages and bodhisattvas. this symbol is called the "third eye" or "eye of wisdom", or in buddhism, the urna. In hinduism, it is believed that the opening of shiva's third eye is the end of the universe.
must read all about 3rd eye @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_eye
see more BUDDHA images here.
The six days at sea between Bermuda and Glasgow passed uneventfully. I learned three things. First: never EVER adjust the water temperature while you are still in the shower. Second: when on a cruise eat ONLY cooked or frozen foods. (These treatments kill all the calories.) Third: we are not alone. There have been three murders as we cross the Atlantic.
In all three cases, the corpses weren’t discovered for at least two days, since most old people look corpse-like when they are sleeping and there are a LOT of old people on this ship.
The medical officer, a man with suspiciously large ears, believes they all died of natural causes. I was half-hoping for a burial at sea in shark infested waters – but apparently they send the bodies home.
I drifted by the medical office on the fourth floor and casually brought up the topic of the deaths.
“Why do you want to know?” he asked coldly.
I laughed in my most disarming manner. “Curious. Call it curious.”
“None of your business,” he said finally.
“Okay,” I said. I was thinking with lightning speed now. “I am a travel writer. Yeah. That’s it. I’m a travel writer. I am working on a series about why people should avoid cruising because contagious diseases can spread like wildfire, killing all the old people first. I’m calling the series ‘Death Ships of the Princess Fleet.’”
Have you ever seen ALL the color fade from someone’s face? It goes from a healthy pink to a pasty looking white. So when I say that the ‘doctor visibly blanched’ you know what I mean.
He looked at me for a moment and I tried to keep my eyes off those enormous ears. Since he is probably sensitive about it, I avoided all discussions having to do with Dumbo or Prince Charles. That’s why I’m a pro.
Finally he shrugged. “Well, I suppose there’s no reason for you not to know. Their hearts all stopped. But they were old and that is to be expected. Why aren’t you writing this down?”
I tapped at my temple. “I memorize everything as soon as I hear it. It’s a gift. Were there any marks on the bodies?”
“They were old. There were lots of marks.”
“Any…ummm…marks like the ones on that guy who died in the deck chair a while ago?”
The doctor looked away and got intensely interested in a file on his desk.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about Mr….?”
“Smith,” I said. “I am John Smith. Travel writer.”
“Your cruise card says you are “Sam D. Diamond.”
“Pen name,” I responded with a sly wink.
He paused a moment longer, as though deciding whether or not to make a big deal out of this. In the end he just shrugged again.
“If there’s nothing else, Mr. Diamond, I have a lot of paperwork to do.”
“It’s Smith.”
“Of course it is.”
“So no marks?” I said. I was a terrier. A BULL terrier, never letting go.
“Nope. No marks.”
I tipped the brim of an imaginary hat to him. The door slammed almost instantly behind me.
We arrived in Scotland on a foggy morning. I’d taken an internet plan out that had cost me HUGE dollars…sixty cents a MINUTE! Who in their right mind would blow that kind of cash on the Internet? You’d have to be cracked or loaded to spend that kind of dough.
But I used my time at thirty seconds per session, to research the location of the chapel at Glasgow University. I had a vague idea of where I was going.
I was among the first to get off the ship, having used my elbows on several old people in walkers.
I stepped off the ship and saw a terrier thin man in a badly wrinkled suit standing before a tiny car with the words McGee Realty stenciled on the window. He held a clipboard with the name “DIAMOND” scrawled on it. He was looking hopefully at each person with a slight head bob and waggling eyebrows as he asked his silent question.
“I’m Diamond,” I said.
He looked me up and down, moustache twitching like a whiskered rodent.
“Really?”
I held up my cruise card, which he scrutinized.
“We’ve been expecting you, Mr. Diamond. I understand you need to see some angels?”
“Who are ‘we?’”
He smiled, showing really bad teeth. “All in good time, Sir. Step into the car, if you please.”
I needed to fold myself into it, since it looked like one of those cars at the circus that six hundred clowns get out of. But in a few minutes we were off to Glasgow University to meet an angel.