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Yung Cheng Lin – 7906 (2017)

At first glance, it’s stunningly obvious that the composition here was guided by the rule of thirds.

Here are super-imposed rule of thirds guidelines for reference:

I was expecting to discover when the lines on whatever sort of court this is are askew.

Interestingly, it turns out that it’s a bit different than I thought. The rule of thirds lines relate to the positioning of the subject. (Also, the angle of the demarcation between light and shadow is very nearly at the same angle to which the painted lines on the court are wawkerjawed.

What I didn’t expect was that the models knickers are so well matched to the white paint on the court. Subtle and at very nearly dead center in the frame, it’s easy to miss.

It’s also a brilliant move to position the model so that her body is ever so slightly positioned toward the bottom of the lower left to upper right diagonal to balance out the paint (positive space) vs the unpainted area (negative space).