Holy Composition Images

 The Nauvoo temple is an example of bilateral symmetry - if you split it right down the middle, the building is the exact same on both sides, except for Moroni at the top with his trumpet. The windows, the panels and detailing on the building, the stairs, the trees on each side by the stairs, and even the lights hanging down in the entry way are symmetrically spaced.

 This example of radial symmetry is almost as beautiful as the temple above! The flower is the main focus of the photograph, and the flower petals create symmetry around a central axis in the middle of the flower.

Here is an example of the Nauvoo temple as asymmetrical balance in this photograph. Since the temple is farther away, you don't notice the bilateral symmetry of the building as much as you notice that the temple is in the right side of the photograph and the trees are in a random arrangement to the left of the temple. Asymmetrical balance is usually easier to see from a distance, where bilateral symmetry is usually viewed closer up.