Vertical or Horizontal?

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Wayland

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Not very often this happens but I can't decide which I like better for this scene.

Malvern-Mists-X.jpg



Malvern-Mists-IX.jpg


Any thoughts?
 

mountainm

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Portrait for me. The horizontal banding is better complimented by the vertical aspect of the picture.


i.e Tall thin and stripey works better than short fat and stripey.
 

mousey

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I'd go portrait also, however I'd 'pan' the image to the left slightly to get the tallest tree in the bottom row more to the middle of the picture.


Malvern-Mists-Xmod_zps9b71cf11.jpg
Malvern-Mists-IXoriginal_zpsf4a9ffad.jpg


On closer inspection I've just realised they are individual photos. I thought they were taken from the same image but one cropped portrait the other cropped landscape. I like the landscape image as it has a nicer distribution to the mist but I prefer it in a portrait format....
 
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Shewie

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I can't decide which I prefer, I think the portrait image looks neater because it's almost symmetrical and there's more contrast in the trees in the foreground, but I find my eyes being drawn to the centre of the shot and it's quite static. With the landscape image I can feel the mist rolling in from the left, my eyes want to explore it a bit more too.
 

CallsignSam

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Both great as always.
Personally I think that the portrait image seems more 'interesting'.


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garethw

Settler
Hi
I was always faced with the same question when I used to shoot press pictures, but it was more down to eventual usage than aesthetic choice. We mostly shot landscape format as this is what 90% Newspapers wanted for feature stories.
Most mags too for inside features, double pages etc... But if it was a story of magazine cover importance, we's shoot a few uprights too, as who wouldn't like to see their shot on a magazine cover.
Also on news/sports stories where you had to shoot fast it was just far easier to shoot landscape as the ergonomics and balance of the camera as well as one natural field of view were all far better.

Lovely landscapes by the way Gary... Must asmit I'm always impressed by your work!! I think they both look good.

cheers
Gareth
 

colly

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Apr 10, 2010
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the two photos serve different purposes the portrait looks more of a close up of detail but i think the landscape just about has it beat (only just) i think it's because of the look of the rolling mist in the middle right. it keeps catching my eye and i'm them looking for movement.
like when a painting has a small window (an old trick) which gets you looking what is happening through there.
 

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