I'm extremely eager to learn and will posting some images for critique shortly.. I know, understand, follow and often break the Rule of Thirds.
I notice that in many of the images posted on this forum, to which responses are overwhelmingly positive, the Rule of Thirds seems to be very loosely applied.
When capturing images of birds, large or small, I try to have the eye on one of the Rule of Thirds lines, and the body on another. I also strive to always have the feet (or their apparent location) included in the frame; leave room for a neck to extend and not end up outside the frame (for long necked wading birds, etc) and to always leave room in the frame for the subject to look or move into..
But sometimes, with a tight composition, this isn't really possible.
So in order of preference, from a compositional perspective, what are the primary guidelines?? And, what should I "aim" for as the most important part to NOT bullseye? The eye? The body? The feet?