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[mukul_chou]

may be I should have tried some B&W too

[Don Burkett]

Thanks for your tips. They are thought-provoking. One thing I must
confess, though the rule of thirds was in my mind I could not find any
way to apply it. Particularly this rule is easy to implement on my
camera for the rule of thirds grid is always enabled on the LCD
display. I honestly tried but failed. May be the situation was way out
of my limitations or my camera or both



"When shooting the bloom though look for interesting lines, angles,
triangles, textures..." very good tips. I will surely try this next
time. May be its time to move beyond rule of thirds making it as a base.
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Had to poke around a little to find one I didn't shoot with my macro lens. But here is an example where I think a shot works without "rule of thirds" application. Though the focal point is still not dead center. What I like about this Dahlia is the angle of the bloom and I think the lines of the petals do a nice job of leading you into the focal point.








And here is an example of using the rule of thirds even when just shooting part of a bloom (although this is with my macro lens)





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