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====Image Orientation==== | ====Image Orientation==== | ||
There are two main orientations of photos: horizontal, or ''landscape'' and vertical, or ''portrait''. | There are two main orientations of photos: horizontal, or ''landscape'' and vertical, or ''portrait''. | ||
=====Horizontal images | =====Horizontal images<ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_2.htm</ref> are best when: ===== | ||
*The subject is wider than it is tall | *The subject is wider than it is tall | ||
*The photo has horizontal movement (this will "amplify the sense of movement" and causes the viewer to scan left to right) | *The photo has horizontal movement (this will "amplify the sense of movement" and causes the viewer to scan left to right) | ||
*To convey a sense of space (the image will seem larger because human vision is horizontally oriented) | *To convey a sense of space (the image will seem larger because human vision is horizontally oriented) | ||
=====Vertical Images | =====Vertical Images<ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_3.htm:</ref> are best when: ===== | ||
*The subject is taller than it is wide | *The subject is taller than it is wide | ||
*To drive a viewer's eyes up and down or when there is vertical movement. | *To drive a viewer's eyes up and down or when there is vertical movement. | ||
*To focus attention and make a greater impact (since the viewer is not distracted by peripheral items, the feeling is more compact) | *To focus attention and make a greater impact (since the viewer is not distracted by peripheral items, the feeling is more compact) | ||
Consider images you have seen of the Eiffel Tower. Are they more powerful when the image is vertical, or ''portrait'', or when the tower is part of an overall ''landscape'' in a horizontal image?<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=eiffel+tower&tbm=isch</ref> Consider ocean images. How does a wide ''landscape'' image compare to a ''portrait'' image of the water, especially with a beach or wave? | Consider images you have seen of the Eiffel Tower. Are they more powerful when the image is vertical, or ''portrait'', or when the tower is part of an overall ''landscape'' in a horizontal image?<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=eiffel+tower&tbm=isch</ref> Consider ocean images. How does a wide ''landscape'' image compare to a ''portrait'' image of the water, especially with a beach or wave? | ||