Not at all. One third of the vertical does not mean one third of the horizontal. In other words, the thirds do not have to be equidistant in the composition, and indeed, quite often are not. Andrew On 6/14/2010, "PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx" <PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >Also doesn't the rule of thirds imply that the perfect picture should be >square? >Roy > > >In a message dated 6/14/2010 3:24:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > >I don't need Google to tell me the rules - I'm a very old hand at >photography and rules are made to be broken ! As with my previous entry "Blue" the >present picture's editing was quite deliberate, as I felt both top and >bottom sections equally important. I'm now looking for subjects for "red" and >"green". > >Dan > > > > >