When I have 'finished' this 2011 trip, I will need to go back and calculate the proportion of vertical compositions to horizontals—seems like there have been more verticals than in the past, and I wonder why. I am still using an APS-C digital Pentax with the 21mm (e31mm) lens that I have used since 2007 and, I suspect, my personal preference has long been for the horizontal, so, what changed?
On verticals, I shoot a very high percentage of horizontals but once in a while seem to have a "streak" of shooting verticals. Sometimes it's obvious—like a series of tree portraits—other times I can't tell if it's just the subjects I've found, or the way I've seen them.
I'm a high-frequency vertical shooter, in my case due to a long period using a Fuji GS645, where the "normal" orientation of the film frame is vertical; I simply came to like it.
In your case, I suspect the encounter with closely-packed, tall narrow European architecture may be a factor. The urge to get more of it in the shot and to exclude what lies to the sides combine to make a vertical shot optimal. Also Europe is crowded, keep those elbows in...
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When I have 'finished' this 2011 trip, I will need to go back and calculate the proportion of vertical compositions to horizontals—seems like there have been more verticals than in the past, and I wonder why.
I am still using an APS-C digital Pentax with the 21mm (e31mm) lens that I have used since 2007 and, I suspect, my personal preference has long been for the horizontal, so, what changed?
I love the ladder and the beer bottle here.
On verticals, I shoot a very high percentage of horizontals but once in a while seem to have a "streak" of shooting verticals. Sometimes it's obvious—like a series of tree portraits—other times I can't tell if it's just the subjects I've found, or the way I've seen them.
I'm a high-frequency vertical shooter, in my case due to a long period using a Fuji GS645, where the "normal" orientation of the film frame is vertical; I simply came to like it.
In your case, I suspect the encounter with closely-packed, tall narrow European architecture may be a factor. The urge to get more of it in the shot and to exclude what lies to the sides combine to make a vertical shot optimal. Also Europe is crowded, keep those elbows in...
Mike
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