Rule of Thirds

My January photography focus was the Rule of Thirds:

The rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as paintings, photographs and designs.  The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.  Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would. (From Wikipedia)

I was watching my parent's dog for a couple weeks, so took advantage of a couple long walks to take some pictures where I think I've successfully applies the rule of thirds.  And some lovely Chick-a-Dees flew around my head, landing close enough for some great shots (as long as I was quick).

This picture is just cute - not sure what the little bird was looking at.













I like the perspective in the picture on the right, as  you can tel I was standing below the bird, but I managed to capture him in the left third of the photo with the lovely tree a blur in the background.
 

  

Casey sat very nicely watching the ducks, while I took her picture.  I think the picture captures her focus, and keeps the interest in the bottom left third of the picture.

This picture is a bit blurry, but I wanted to include it as I like the way the road leads from the right, bottom third of the picture up to the bridge, which is still in the right third.  I think it would have been a better picture, if I had kept it in focus and had placed the bridge more in the upper right corner.

Again, this picture is a bit blurry and I'm not sure why, but I really like the perspective.  I like that the first post is in the right third and the othe posts are in the background.