Golden Mean

Golden Mean

This picture doesn't follow the Rule of Thirds, even no eye contact to viewers; but it is indeed an impressive piece when you look at her plaintive face. I tried to find the successful element beside the emotion part, so I drew two experimental lines in the photo. Here is what I did: I drew a vertical line right through the central line of her body; then I drew a horizontal line through her mid finger. Guess what I found? I found both horizontal and vertical placements are set to golden ratio or thereabout. That is why this picture looks well-proportional. I don't think the photographer purposely made this because it is too hard to apply in snapshot. However, once the photographer catches the golden mean, it will add extra score to his/her work for sure.