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Anonymous
yay or nay?
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>> Anonymous
it's a pretty standard picture taken of a flower with a macro lenses. It's kind hard to mess those up.
>> Anonymous
OP here.

i just got my cam cam today.
be nice :[
>>78265
>> Anonymous
less background more flower
>> Anonymous
>>78269
so, next time get closer?
>> Anonymous
>>78266
wasn't trying to be mean. I was just saying that this isn't interesting, go take pictures with more interesting subjects.
>> Anonymous
my grandpa looks like this kinda
>> Anonymous
dude, the subject is RIGHT in the middle of the frame, you need to get closer, wider aperture, and use the ROT (Rule of Thirds)
>> Anonymous
>>78280

rules are boring. fuck the rules.
>> Anonymous
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ITT: mediocre macro attempts.

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>> Anonymous
>>78307
Images with focus in the middle are almost always shit.

The rules are guidelines for people who haven't had the time to study the subject for years and years. They do not cover everything, but they help with lots of newbie errors.

There will be images outside of the rules that may look great. This is not one of them, art fag.
>> Anonymous
>>78307
the rule of thirds was created to PREVENT photos from being boring. like OP's.
>> Anonymous
>>78426
are there any other rules?

i mean, if the rule of thirds is the only rule of composition in photography, how would any1 produce anything original????
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>78428
>if the rule of thirds is the only rule of composition in photography, how would anyone produce anything original????
By breaking the rules, obviously.

The key is knowing *when* to do that.
>> elf_man !fBgo7jDjms
>>78428
Just do some research on art theory. Basically any and all rules of composition are useful in photography, be it something like the rule of thirds or the color wheel.
>> Anonymous
It makes original images, because only a fraction of the people that take photographs actually follow this rule.

As MY rule, I look at the photo, and try to see it as being sold as stock photography. Where you would put some sort of caption next to the subject to make it more interesting. You can't do that with this image.

The KEY for a stock photo, is that it has to be interesting and that's what the ROT DOES.

We're giving advice and constructive criticism, because we can actually GO OUT and TAKE these photos. This forums has no place for armchair photographers.

Go out and take a few photos yourself, then LOOK at them, and see which one's are more interesting and engaging. I guarantee you that more than 75% of the GOOD photos use negative space, the ROT, Dutch Angles, etc...