Rule of Thirds

“A compositional guideline in art and photography that suggests dividing an image into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines.”

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/461sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-50 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:39:58

This is a photo of a flower. It is the rule of thirds because it lands on the lines of the grid.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/878sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-50 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:38:15

Another flower, and it is the rule of thirds, because the main focus is on the grid lines.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/2410sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-50 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:37:30

This is the rule of thirds because the tree trunks line up on the grid line.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/235sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-40 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:35:22

This is the rule of thirds because there is one point of focus, and it’s in a box of the grid.

This has the main attraction near the viewer, and there is a leading line in the background.

The main thing is the thing the camera is focused on.

The main focus of the photo is in a box on the grid line.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/15sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-2500 Taken: 2025-09-08 20:29:27

The moon is in one of the third squares.

The two tallest flowers landed on the line of thirds.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/1776sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-50 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:37:54

The middle of the flower falls on where the grid line meets.

©Megan Camera: iPhone 13 Exposure: 1/296sec @ f/1.6 and ISO-50 Taken: 2025-09-07 16:37:18

The middle of the flower falls on the line.

The two flowers land on the line.

Megan