Take the time to look at these pictures below.
Now, ask yourself, which did you prefer? I know that's kind of a hard question to answer with such little information, but try. Most people would prefer the first picture. In my book: Photography by Nicole Woods, she states that "The rule of odds... is based on the concept that your eyes are drawn into the middle of the odd number" (Woods 23). In the first picture there are three dice: an odd number, and two dice: an even number, in the second picture. If you are in the general group of "most people" whom chose the first picture, I can estimate that you were drawn by the rule of odds. If you were not in the general group, you must have chosen the second picture by some other preference. I personally agree with this rule because in most landscape pictures there is only one object or main point, for example, this tree. The tree is by itself, which is one, which is an odd number. I did not take this picture.
My pictures have been downscaled heavily, down to 1980x1080p, roughly 1/4 of their original size.
What do you think of the rule of odds?
Woods, Nicole. Photography. Lexington: CreateSpace, 2015. Print.
Rowse, Darren. "11 Surefire Landscape Photography Tips - Digital Photography School." Digital Photography School 11 Surefire Landscape Photography Tips Comments. Digital Photography School, 05 Nov. 2010. Web. 30 Dec. 2015.
Oddly enough my eyes do lead right towards the left. This rule applies to a lot of photos, not just with dice (Obviously). But I like the fact that lots of people love even numbers but would prefer the odd number off dice because it appeals to the eye.
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