Date:         Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:14:26 -0500
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From:         "Sylvia S. Edwards" <sylvia@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: fAVORITE sHELLS
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What is the rule of thirds in photography?  In using color in decorating, I
was taught that a room should have three colors.  One color, being 2/3's,
the second 1/3, and a touch of the third.
 
In floral arrangement, the proportion between container and flowers is in
thirds.  The tallest piece should be at least 1 1/2 times the height (or
width, as the case may be) of the container.
 
Japanese floral arranging is a lesson on life.  Each incorporates the rule
of three - heaven, man, and earth.  Also, you never use an even number of
flowers - always an odd number.
 
Maybe its is just that I like triangles as opposed to squares and circles.
 
Sylvia S. Edwards
Huntsville, Alabama
sylvia@HiWAAY.net
 
----- Original Message -----
From: NORA BRYAN <nora_bryan@TRANSCANADA.COM>
To: <CONCH-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] fAVORITE sHELLS
 
 
<snip>
 
> Symmetry is a strange thing.  Maybe people are more drawn to symmetrical
shells
> (although few shells are truly symmetrical), as they may be with faces,
but I am
> not sure this extends in all areas.  Two other hobbies I dabble in,
photography
> and gardening, assymetry is nearly always the order of the day.  Most
> photographers use the "rule of thirds" in standard compositions.  The
subject is
> rarely dead center.
 
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