For Jude’s Composition and Framing challenge (Simplify) I have two photos of flowers. They are zoomed in on the flowers themselves, which I wanted to be the object of attention, and composed using the rule of thirds. I have the rule of thirds gird always showing on my camera, which helps with compositions (and level horizons).
And of course, if your composition is slightly off (or even very off!) some cropping in Photoshop with the grids showing will guarantee perfect thirds. 😏
The fuschia is from the archives. The focus flower follows the vertical thirds line.
Fuschia
Fuschia showing rule of thirds grid
And a photo of jasmine, taken this morning. The shrub acts as a privacy screen between my balcony and an adjoining one. The focus flowers in the photo cluster at the intersection of two thirds lines.
Jasmine
Jasmine showing rule of thirds grid
Posted as part of Jude’s 2020 Photo Challenge.
Pics by Kaz 
Two gorgeous flowers and photos. And perfectly composed. Your jasmine looks different to mine, I wonder which variety it is. A nice scented screen!
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It’s a very sturdy shrub. The scent is so strong I can smell it even inside.
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So a shrub not a climber?
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Oh quite definitely a shrub. Thick woody stems. Walking to work, after reading your comment, I noticed a number of hedges made from them, some 2m tall. I googled at work and it may in fact be “murraya paniculata”, known as mock orange or orange jessamine.
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I was thinking maybe gardenia as that has a strong smell. I’ll look up the one you mention. Mock orange here is usually a small tree or large shrub that is deciduous. Yours looks like an evergreen?
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I do know gardenia, definitely not that. And these are not deciduous. (Not much point in a hedge that loses its leaves, LOL! Privacy only half the year.) Leaves are smooth and shiny green, sort of crisp — if you bent one, if would snap rather than crumple.
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Looks like you have ID it. Highly scented and has red berries after flowering. Sub tropical so not hardy here, but it sounds very nice. I imagine a Choisya is similar.
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I shall watch for red berries!
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Both beautiful shots, Karen. 🙂 🙂 I’m much more haphazard in my approach. And I always blame the flowers for wobbling in the wind.
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haha, the bloody things do wobble, that’s for sure! They’re especially hard to focus on when you’ve zoomed from a distance AND they are wobbling.
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Perfect for the 2/3rds rule.. love that hanging flower..
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Me too, I love fuchsias. I just can never spell them!
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