Golden Section

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Golden Section
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The Golden Section refers to a mathematical calculation whose answer equals 1-2/3, or 1.66.

GOLDEN MEAN - Also referred to as the "Golden section" and the "Gold mean," the Golden mean is an ancient fine arts formula that mathematically defines a rectangle of specific proportions.

Let's start with an introduction of a technique that is well known for many centuries now: The "Golden Mean" (sometimes called "Golden Section") is a geometric formula by the ancient Greeks.

This guideline is essentially a simplification of the golden section or golden mean.
I took a photo and the sky is white. Why is this, when the sky was actually blue at the time?

RoT isn’t even an original idea; it’s a bastardised version of the ‘Golden Section’, a mathematical definition of proportion that has achieved almost mythical significance in the arts.

See also: Image, Rule of thirds, Photograph, Format, Composition