Rule of thirds??

Lance

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Hello all,
Does the rule of two thirds mean in (laymans terms) That the main subject of your photo should be slighty off center??
If this is the case, how do you get full sharpenes of the subject??
Can anybody explain please?
Take care, Lance..
 
right imagine a line cutting the screen into thirds horizontally and another vertically, wherever these lines cross are the places our eye looks to first ;)

you should be able to move the focus point on a D50 to one on the thirds grid and I could explain how if it was the other way round (50d) :P
 
To focus for a subject you want off-centre, put it under your preferred focus point (I use centre pretty much all the time), half press the shutter to focus and hold it there. Keeping it half pressed, frame the photo how you want it then push the shutter button fully.

I hope this was what you were asking, otherwise I sound like a bit of a twit now.
 
I should have read the post properly!

If I remember correctly the D50 only has 5 focusing points, so as the Matt says you need to focus using one of those points, half press the shutter button and then frame the picture how you want it before pressing all the way down. Alternatively you can use the AF button to lock the focus and then take the shot.
 
If your only using the center focus spot remember to set your focus to single not continous or it will re-focus when you move the camera.
 
Surely it should be 'suggestion' of thirds and not a rule. After all everything in photography is suggestive. Or am i talking rot? :D
 
AndyWest said:
Surely it should be 'suggestion' of thirds and not a rule. After all everything in photography is suggestive. Or am i talking rot? :D
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I agree, but I think rules are there to be broken! :)
 
Ok!!
I got the grid in my head when shooting a picture, by moving my main subject to where the lines cross (Slighty off center)
But the problem I still don't understand! Is by focusing passed the main subject (By off centering it) wouldn't this make the main subject blurry on a f5.6 number??
 
Lance said:
Ok!!
I got the grid in my head when shooting a picture, by moving my main subject to where the lines cross (Slighty off center)
But the problem I still don't understand! Is by focusing passed the main subject (By off centering it) wouldn't this make the main subject blurry on a f5.6 number??
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Not if you FL on your main subject first then re position to frame the shot.
 
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