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a woman sitting on top of a wooden bench in front of a wall with an orange circle around her

The golden spiral also referred to as the Fibonacci spiral, golden ratio, golden mean and phi grid is a compositional tool used to create better, more compelling compositions in your images. This spiral is taken from nature and can be seen everywhere from DNA to broccoli to sunflowers.

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an image of a tree in the middle of a field with a golden section on it

Fibonacci spiral this is wear our eyes look when it comes into everyday Photography or life our eye leads more the left of photographs more than the right but the Fibonacci spiral it wear our eyes look through the whole photograph

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an advertisement for the golden spiral photography contest with photoshopped images and text on it

When it comes to photography composition, the Golden Spiral is an aesthetically pleasing but oft overlooked alternative to the commonly used Rule of Thirds.

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a person walking down a sidewalk next to a tree with red leaves on it and fog in the air

Learn what the Golden Ratio in photography is, how it compares to the Rule of Thirds and how to use it for photography composition. The Golden Ratio has been used [read more]

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the inside of a large green leaf

The golden ratio in photography is everywhere, from a nautilus shell to the waves of the ocean. Even parts of the human body and our DNA are built based on it.

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a close up of a green plant with an object in the middle of it's image

Nature is amazingly mathematical. You can see the Fibonacci Spiral in ferns, sea shells, flower centers, pine cones and even our finger bone lengths follow the Fibonacci Sequence. The fern tip in the photo is opening up, but the spiral is still clearly seen. An approximation of the Fibonacci Spiral is used in photography composition. Commonly known as The Rule of Thirds, it aids in positioning the elements of a photo in a pleasing fashion. I use it all the time. Google Fibonacci... it's one…

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a basketball court with an oval on the side and a half circle in the middle

Illustration showing succession of golden rectangles that are used to construct the golden spiral. Two quantities are considered to be in the golden ratio if (a+ b)/a = a/b which is represented by the Greek letter phi. Each rectangle shown is subdivided into smaller golden rectangles. The golden spiral is a special type of logarithmic spiral. Each part is similar to smaller and larger parts.

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a collage of different images with animals and symbols in them, including an animal's head

Geometric Models on Instagram: “Fibonacci numbers appear in nature often enough to prove that they reflect some naturally occurring patterns. You can commonly spot these…”

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