Monday, June 13, 2011

Fibonacci in the Garden


I've been peeking through this book: Fundamentals of Photo Composition by Paul R. Comon. I like the book because its divided into relevant chapters. One Chapter might cover the idea of thirds while another explains perspective. The chapter I'm hooked on right now is about the Golden Mean. Leonardo Fibonacci discovered a number sequence that can be seen in architecture, musical compositions, and nature. The idea is to begin with the number 1, then add 1, then add 2, and so on. You continue to add the previous number to the current number for the new sum. I'm sure many people studied this in school, and I probably did too, but for the first time it is relevant for me. It goes like this:

1+1=2
2+1=3
3+2=5
5+3=8
8+5=13
13+8=21
21+13=34....



So I tried an outing in the garden over the weekend, to see if I could do it. Here's what I got





It was interesting to compare B&W to Color in these two photographs. I feel the sequence is enhanced with the B&W above and diminished below.





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