The theme for this week:
Welcome to a another round of the #POBPhotocontest
This week the subject is: RULE OF THIRDS
For this round I've chosen a photography concept named "Rule of Thirds". This "rule" isn't an actual rule, but more a guideline of composition. It states that a photo is more interesting when the horizon or other lines aren't placed exactly in the middle (this is what your mind probably wants to do automatically), but on a third of the photo.
Also placing your subject on one of the places the 'lines' cross could make your photo more interesting.
Many camera's have a setting which allows you to show the lines in preview. Even my smartphone camera has this option. You should check it out whether your camera has it too.
It really helps you while shooting!
Here is an example of the rule of thirds.
About the POBPhotocontest
The #POBphotocontest is a weekly photography contest with a different subject every week. It runs from Sunday until next Sunday (8:00 PM CEST).
My intension is to make this contest accessible for everyone; from experienced photographers with professional cameras to beginners shooting with their phone camera. Everyone can join!
Every week you can create a blog post for this contest with at least one photo that that meets the subject of that week. That photo needs to be the first photo in the post.
Although it is allowed to use a photo from your archive it is more fun to go out and shoot new photographs.
Your photo should tell a story by itself, but also write something about your photo or photo's in your post. Share some background information about the subject, location or techniques you used and why you submitted this photo for the contest.
Don't forget to set #pobphotocontest as one of the tags] of your posts since that is the way I can find all the submitted photos.
You can also put your photo with a link to your post in the comments of this post.
The contest ends next Sunday 8:00 PM CEST.
I will personally judge the photos and select 3 winners based on both the quality and originality of the photo and the additional information in the blog post itself.
The winners will receive POB tokens and Ecency points.
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Rules
- Create a blog post with a photo that meets this weeks subject.
- Archive are allowed, but I recommend posting a recent photo.
- Add some information about your photo. What do we see? Where did you take it? Why did you take it? What techniques and/or equipment did you use?
- Add the #pobphotocontest tag to that post (this is how I can find the post of the contestants).
- You can add more photos to that post, but only the first one in your post will be your submission for the contest.
- Optional: Place a link to the post you created in the comment on this announcement post. You can add your image to the comment too.
Prizes
The top 3 will receive both POB tokens and Ecency points.
The Ecency points are generously donated by @good-karma and can be used in the @ecency front end to boost or promote your posts.
| Place | POB Tokens | Ecency Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 |
| 2 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | 10 | 25 |
What is POB?
POB stands for Proof of Brain. Proof of Brain is a community on Hive where you can actually post anything you want. The community has it's own POB token. When you post in the proofofbrain community or use the #POB or #ProofOfBrain tags on your post you can receive POB tokens.
When you stake your POB tokens you will earn curation rewards for voting on POB posts.
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FriendlyMoose
Photographing is my passion. Although I like photography in general, nature photography is one of my favourite subjects. I often go out with my camera for a hike to capture the beauty of nature.
I would love to read what you think of my photos in the comments.
If you have any questions you can contact me on Discord: friendlymoose#5717
An interesting subject this week. I've never heard of it and I just checked and my phone camera doesn't have this option, but surprisingly, there are many captures like this in my albums. Maybe not exactly split into 3, but not halves either. I'll see what I can come up with this week ;)
Cool! Then you have learned something new!
You can also do this afterwards with cropping your photo with an editor.
But doing it while shooting saves you time.
It is called camera grid. If you have an android phone with the Google camera app you can check out this instructuon video:
https://www.techrepublic.com/videos/how-to-enable-the-camera-grid-in-the-google-camera-app/
I have an iPhone 😉
Don't you have this option?
Lemme check! I thought it would be as an option when I open the camera, never thought of checking the setting there 🙈
Yes, I have it! Thank you so much 😁
You're welcome!
Hello...here is my entry for this week's contest. Hoping you'll like it.
Thanks...
Peakd post:
https://peakd.com/pobphotocontest/@frazfrea/pobphoto-contest-new-round-rule-of-thirds
Another cool theme. Never heard of this until now. I do not have that option with lines but I kind of know how to visualize the 1/3 measurement. I hope that will do...
It isn't that hard to do it without the guidelines indeed. The guidelines do remind you of the rule.
Good luck!
Oh thanks, that's great. You're not gonna get a measuring tape to check the entries, yeah? 😄. It will be cool to have the feature though.
Nah.... I have an Eagle eye 😄
It is available in the Google Camera on Android phones by the way.
Oh no, I just entered the contest and now I'm not sure if it's the right measurement, I didn't know you have an eagle eye🤭
I just noticed the feature now when we do cropping the photo but not when taking a photo.. too late...
My entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@jurich60/pobphotocontest-new-rnd-rule-of-thirds-my-entry
Lovely entry and a perfect example of the rule of thirds 👍
Thanks for the mention 😊m. It's a cool shot btw.. I just checked my cam. Doesn't have grid lines 😅
I can't wait to do this contest, I would do my best in this contest....
This is my input:
https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@parissousa/pobphotocontest-new-round-rule-of-thirds
My Entry: https://ecency.com/pob/@lifeskills-tv/pobphotocontest-or-rule-of-thirds
Exactly on the crossing of the thirds. Nice birds in your post as well!
Thanks
My entry for this week.
Thanks for joining again!
Hey there @friendlymoose rule of thirds is a really great theme and I had a fun time using it in my photos :)
Here is my entry for this week:
PeakD Post: https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@pinkhub/hive-cebu-pitik-photography-shots-75-rule-of-thirds
Thank you! And thanks for joining as well.
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Hey! I'm new here... so this is my start for this contest. Glad to be a part of it. Thanks @friendlymoose for this nice topic...
https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@ygoob/entry-to-photocontest-rule-of-thirds
Hi, @friendlymoose! Thank you for the reminder, I almost forgot. Here's my entry this week. Thank you :)
https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@bloghound/pob-photocontest-rule-of-thirds-on-top-of-the-mountains
Here is my entry for this week.
https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@eddwood/proofofbrain-photocontest-rule-of-thirds
Hi,
Here my entry to #POBphotocontest.
Regards
https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@castri-ja/a-walk-through-castro-urdiales
Less than 2 minutes left... but here's my photo:
https://ecency.com/hive-194913/@taimen/struggling-with-white-balance-pobphotocontest