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I've always enjoyed this image as it reflects how I feel at this NP out in the desert. The landscape is timeless.

Big Bend National Park, southside of the Chisos Mtns. Leica CL, TriX, canon serenar 50/1.8

 
Jon Buffington said:
I've always enjoyed this image as it reflects how I feel at this NP out in the desert. The landscape is timeless.

Big Bend National Park, southside of the Chisos Mtns. Leica CL, TriX, canon serenar 50/1.8

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Ahh, someone else who shoots landscapes in portrait orientation. For some reason, I find it a natural thing to do.
 
Commercial landscape photographers would take vertical and horizontal versions of each scene as a standard practice in case a magazine wants the shot for the magazine cover.
 
logan2z said:
Ahh, someone else who shoots landscapes in portrait orientation. For some reason, I find it a natural thing to do.
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I do this fairly frequently...maybe 50% of the time

Paul Ozzello said:
Thanks Jon !

That’s a beautiful image - I really like the separation between the cacti and the background mountains.
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Thank you!

Alan Edward Klein said:
Commercial landscape photographers would take vertical and horizontal versions of each scene as a standard practice in case a magazine wants the shot for the magazine cover.
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Very interesting, I did not know this. Thank you for sharing this bit of info.
 
Alan Edward Klein said:
Commercial landscape photographers would take vertical and horizontal versions of each scene as a standard practice in case a magazine wants the shot for the magazine cover.
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I tend to do that too, just to have both so I can decide which I like better. It's often the shot in portrait orientation.
 
logan2z said:
Interesting. Robert Adams does it often too, so I guess we're in good company
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It seems that I prefer the portrait orientation when using wide lenses. It's not always easy to compose something nice when there's not much interesting, or nice left and right. It simply doesn't always work. Adding a bit more sky on the other hand can be very beneficial, especially when there are nice clouds. This tendency is reduced when using the 70-200 lens. I can make tight compositions and isolate the things I want easily and shoot more in landscape orientation. And all these may be influenced by the 2:3 ratio of 135 film, which I primarily use. It's a bit too wide sometimes.
 
Alan Edward Klein said:
Commercial landscape photographers would take vertical and horizontal versions of each scene as a standard practice in case a magazine wants the shot for the magazine cover.
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OR shoot square
 
logan2z said:
I do that too. But sometimes it's nice to travel light with a small 35mm camera (and no tripod).
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So what is needed is Nikon AF SLRs that shoot 24mm x 24mm frames.
 
Sirius Glass said:
OR shoot square
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Cropping often doesn't work. If the framing isn't right in the camera, there may not be the right angle to change it by cropping.
 
The Stone Door, Savage Gulf, TN. Native Americans used this natural crack in the escarpment for travel on hunting expeditions. Of course the steps were not there. TMX, FM2n, 20/2.8ai, kodak pakon scan.

 
Alan Edward Klein said:
Cropping often doesn't work. If the framing isn't right in the camera, there may not be the right angle to change it by cropping.
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Good photographers crop in the view finder before taking the photograph. Any good slide shooter knows that.
 
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