This exercise will firmly cement in your mind’s eye what the Golden Ratio is and how it works. You could also draw the spiral right on the print, connecting the curves from small to large. Take the prints of your pictures and overlay the graph on the print. I find the visual of the sunflower exemplifies the concept of the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence. If you are near any sunflowers, take a close look at one. The petals of a growing flower, a pinecone, the shell of a sea snail, a spider’s web, and leaves on a shrub or tree all follow this sequence. You can find this sequence all over in nature. So it is a very normal reaction to look for and create patterns in the world around us. From galaxy clusters to subatomic particles, almost everything around us fits into a pattern. Why are the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence so important in photography? It really comes down to balance and patterns versus chaos. Using Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence in Photography It is a sequence of numbers wherein the next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. This concept is also known as the Fibonacci spiral, which is extremely simple to describe both mathematically and visually. This ratio can be seen in architecture both classic and modern, as well as in natural structures. Makes me irrational, let me tell you! But compositionally, it has a very pleasing effect.

Images of fibonacci sequence in nature