Tag: Golden section

Angled

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Just some paving, but take the photo at an angle and it becomes more interesting… I don’t know why, maybe because of perspective? Perhaps it’s composition. Perhaps it’s to do with the fibonacci spiral? or The Golden section which is pretty much the same thing in spiralling oblongscinsteadvof the actual spiral.

Think of the Great Wave off Kanagawa as the crashing wave spirals around the side of the print with Mount Fuji in the distance.

I think it’s the feeling of movement you can create by changing the position of the image. More interesting than a static set of horizontal and vertical lines…

Fractal

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This is a form of Broccoli, the pattern seems fractal, where it repeats in smaller and smaller forms but in the same pattern. Another example is the Mandelbrot set. The now famous pattern that constantly reveals and renews itself the deeper you look into it.

Have you heard of Fibonacci numbers? They relate to the spirals on this Broccoli plant too. There are two spirals if you look closely. One is more curved than the other. It’s based on prime numbers. Like 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, and so on.

Now this is where I have to admit only a slight knowledge, I only know about Fibonacci because of programmes I have seen about him and they were based on art. I have also heard of the golden section, which is based on another spiral, and is said to allow you to place objects in a painting into the most beautiful composition. But I am no mathematician.

If you look up Fractals, Mandelbrot and Golden section, you should find interesting information about them all, and Chaos theory which seems to link them all. They are all fascinating.

There are several books out there about Chaos theory. It’s worth reading around the subject.