Rule of the Ratio

Math is everywhere, not just in school or in work, not just in the works of man, but also in God's. These numbers, ratios, proportions and equations can create something pleasing or even perfect. There is a rule, and the famous and widely used one is the "Rule of Thirds", which can also be related to the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence.

Rule of Thirds - is a technique in visual composition. It is simply dividing (for example) an image into 9 equal boxes, or a 3x3 grid. To follow this rule, you must put the subject on the parts where the lines of the grid intersect, sometimes not exactly but its more pleasing to see the subject in that position instead of it placed on the edge of the image or plainly in the center, but still, there're standards to not use this rule.

The Rule of Thirds creates a space in the composition which pushes the attention to the subject that is placed on the imaginary intersections.

Below are 3 pairs of images that consists of: First (Original/Uncropped) and Second (Edited/Cropped to follow the R.O.T.)

                                     

The Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Ratio are related because The Golden Ratio explains that equal proportions have a ratio of 1:1.618. For example: the perfect or normal proportion of the hand to the forearm is 1:1.618. Artists in History and today have been using this to create their artworks.

As for the Fibonacci Sequence or Spiral, it has this pattern of numbers such as "1,1,2,3,5,8,13..." the sum of the previous 2 digits makes up the next number, and whenever you divide one number to the previous, it will have a total of 1.618. The larger the numbers divided in the sequence, the nearer it gets to the Golden Ratio.

 An example of the Golden Ratio is applied to the face, there is a diagram called the "Golden Ratio Mask" that determines the perfect face, if someone's face fits in it, it is perfect, while I tried it on mine, its not, although not a big surprise.