This is an example of venturing into new territory. Certainly the third lines and the intersection points were used as a guide, but this is very different.

This is one of my visual experiments where a part of the picture is very literal, and the remainder is abstract. It's a hybrid composition. It is about line, form and color. It is also an unusual way to approach lighting. Note that the out of focus spider web intersects and points roughly to the spider in diffused light. The spider is tack sharp in contrast. There are also soft bubbles of light in the bokeh. On the right is a fairly focused strand of web pointing to the spider.

One of the principles of effective composition is "contrast". In this case, the contrast was created with soft focus versus sharp focus, and dim light versus bright light.

I believe this composition works, at least it works for me. While it appears to violate the rules of composition, in many ways it follows them. This is jazz and not classical. It is the kind of stretching outside the rules I advocate if you are to find your own voice as a photographer.

This picture was taken in the deep woods, hand held, under mottled and diffuse light. A fairly strong beam of light illuminated the spider. By wandering around this subject, and shooting toward the light sources (for the most part), I got some soft iris flare in the bokeh. I shot this at a fairly long focal length to create a very shallow depth of field.