[Leica] Composition - The Golden Section?

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

"The Ancient Greeks had a number of homoerotic cults dedicated to
mathematical masturbation among whose principle fetishes were various quests
for divine ratios. Their most famous product was the Golden Section (also
known as Phi) which can be found so: divide a line (AC) at a particular
point that will yield unequal sections in which the smaller one (AB) is to
the larger one (BC) as the larger one (BC) is to the entire length (AC), or
AB:BC = BC:AC. The ratio can also be expressed as 1:1.618. Common in nature
(in the Fibonacci spiral of a snail's shell, for instance) and universally
pleasing to the eye, this ratio is at the heart of many world-famous
sculptures, paintings and buildings."

http://mfdh.ca/writing/nonfiction/Formal_Visual_Design.html


> From: Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:35:42 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Composition - The Golden Section?
> 
> The numeric value is 1.618, or close to that.  It is approximated by the
> ratio of 5 to 8... as in 5/8.
> 
> I use the proportion in furniture design.  Looks nice, but so do other
> numeric ratios.......
> 
> The book to look for...
> 
> The Power of Limits
> Gyorgy Doczi, author.
> Available at the Shambala Booksellers
> 2482 Telegraph Ave.
> Berkeley CA 94704
> 
> Do not have the area code, but the local number is.... 848-8443
> 
> Very nerdish answer.  I do have the book, and enjoyed the proportions in
> it.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
> 
> I am trying to improve my photograph's compositions and I need some input
> regarding the "Golden Section" or "Golden Ratio". To date I have just been
> putting the main subject slightly off center either horizontally or
> vertically but I would like to see something better.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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