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== Theory ==

[[image:Diagonal_on_Girl_with_Pearl_Earring.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Example using [[Vermeer]]'s [[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]. The yellow diagonal line intersects two main points of interest: the girl's left eye and the pearl earring.]]

[[File:Diagonal method Leftportrait.jpg|Diagonal method,thumb|right|200 px|The diagonal from the bottom right isline crossing theleft the oral commissureeye.]]

Diagonals, the middle [[perpendiculars]], the [[Centre (geometry)|center]] and the corners of a square are said to comprise the force lines in a square, and are regarded by some as more powerful than other parts in a square.<ref>Arnheim, R. (1954). Art and visual perception: A psychology of the creative eye. Los Angeles: University of California Press.</ref>

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The DM can only be applied on images where certain details are supposed to be emphasized or exaggerated, such as a [[portrait]] in which a specific body part deserves extra attention by the viewer, or a photograph for advertising a product. Photographs of landscapes and architecture usually rely on the composition as a whole, or have lines other than the bisections to determine the composition, such as the horizon.<ref>Elzenga, J. W. (2009). Digitale fotografie natuur: Tips en technieken voor het fotograferen van landschap en dieren. (Digital photography in nature: Tips and techniques for photographing landscapes and animals.) Amsterdam: Pearson Education. P. 49.</ref> Only if the picture includes details such as persons, (standalone) trees, or buildings is the DM applicable.{{cn|date=October 2014}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery widths="150" heights="150">

File:Diagonal method.jpg|Diagonal method, a sample image in DM

File:Diagonal method Right.jpg|Diagonal method, The diagonals from the bottom left and top left are crossing the top of ear and the diagonal from the left top is crossing the eye

File:Diagonal method Left.jpg|Diagonal method, The diagonal from the bottom right is crossing the the oral commissure

File:Diagonal method Center.jpg|Diagonal method, The diagonal from the bottom left is crossing the the oral commissure

</gallery>

== References ==