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[|Composition - Rule of Thirds]
In photography, composition refers to the placement of the subject within the frame of your photograph. Composition also deals with lightness, darkness, lines and balance of the image. One basic rule is the rule of thirds. Images with the subject aligned with the intersection of the horizontal and vertical thirds are usually more appealing.

This image by Stephanie Deissner from her [|Flickr stream] is a good example. I've overlaid a grid of thirds on the photo to show where the horizontal and vertical lines intersect. Stephanie has placed the eyes close to the intersection of the upper-left third. You can read more about the rule of thirds on [|Wikipedia.org]. = = = = = = = = =**Cropping** **and Rule-Of-Thirds**=

In this photo example, we'll start with a simple photograph of a baby and use the online photo editor from Picnik.com to crop the image. Our goal is to change the balance of the photograph using the rule-of-thirds.

Here are more photos from the "rule-of-thirds" group on Flickr.com.