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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 382585" data-attributes="member: 12827">&quot;Dead Center-itis&quot; is a trap lots of photographers fall into, regardless of experience level, though it is much more prevalent in people with less experience. All of us had it at one time or another. I have been doing this for so long that composing based on the rule of thirds is like turning on my turn signals before I make a turn. It is something that just comes instinctively. &quot;Dead Center-it is&quot; has ruined many a photo. It is one thing if the image is cropped and it can be-recropped, but if it is that way in the camera there is little that can be done to remedy it. Now are there images where it works? Of course there are. &quot;Rules&quot; in photography are not set in stone, they are purely guidelines that have become accepted as ways to produce better images. But generally, placing the subject in the dead center of the image makes for static and boring composition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 382585, member: 12827"] [I]"Dead Center-itis"[/I] is a trap lots of photographers fall into, regardless of experience level, though it is much more prevalent in people with less experience. All of us had it at one time or another. I have been doing this for so long that composing based on the rule of thirds is like turning on my turn signals before I make a turn. It is something that just comes [I]instinctively[/I]. "Dead Center-it is" has ruined many a photo. It is one thing if the image is cropped and it can be-recropped, but if it is that way in the camera there is little that can be done to remedy it. Now are there images where it works? Of course there are. "Rules" in photography are not set in stone, they are purely [I]guidelines[/I] that have become accepted as ways to produce better images. But generally, placing the subject in the dead center of the image makes for static and boring composition. [/QUOTE]

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