Our assignment today is Water and Orientation and the comparison between horizontal and vertical.
It’s a thundery day today in Dubai and I am more likely to see water from the heavens than the sea, so I’m using photographs from a trip to Masirah island, Oman in December 2015.
My thoughts are below the photographs, which orientation do you think suits the scene better? All comments are welcome…
Horizontal- gives a sense of the tranquility of the landscape…
Vertical- focuses on the boat and the reflection…
Travels in the Middle East and beyond 
I like the second shot. The foreground has been cropped a bit.
Jack
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Horizontal looks better!
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I like the horizontal better, but I think it’s more because of the colour of the water than anything else. On my screen it looks like a deeper greenish/blue.
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Stunning image. Excellent, Vicky. Hugs!
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Thankyou Bushka for your always lovely comments, I’m keeping very busy with this new course and feel I’m missing out a bit on the other posts going on, forgive me if I miss a few of your posts. I will catch up, I love to see what poetry you produce each day .Hugs!
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Thanks Vicky! Always good to have you popping in…when you can. Hugs! ❤
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Beautiful shot. I like the second one.
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Prefer the first one – I really like how you have all of the reflection
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Thanks for taking the time to comment Mick, loving the interaction, it helps me improve with the photo angle ..
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For me, the difference in the two photographs is where the boat ended up. In the horizontal shot, the boat is almost centered, with the lovely reflection and the lines from the ropes leading from the cornered into the center. In the vertical shot, the boat is slightly off center but composed to follow the https://www.google.com/search?q=rule+of+thirds&rlz=2C1LENP_enUS0536US0536&oq=rule+of+thirds&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1914j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8, which is something a lot of people respond to.
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link, got garbled. Just google search, “rule of thirds”
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Got it, Yes, the Rule of thirds is the rule, but sometimes it doesn’t always fit! I do try to adhere to the rule, though… Thanks for taking the time to comment, much appreciated hermitiancat
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Both are lovely
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I like them both! Great subject and I love the reflection on the water too. Looks very serene and peaceful! 🙂
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Thank you, Kimberley, for taking the time to comment. By the way I saw you visited Yemen but I couldn’t see an option to comment on your post, such beautiful photographs, on my list but sadly I was thwarted in 2015 by the war, however, I am in process of negotiating logistics for a visit to Socotra later this year, war withstanding ..watch my space!
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Wow, sounds amazing! I never heard of that place before! Is is a resort area? We honeymooned in Mombasa which is off the Indian Ocean. It was wonderful. 🙂
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I’m just trying to load your Yemen photos, but it’s slow internet here tonight, storms raging around Dubai today, the superfast Dubai links seemed to have collapsed! What I’m seeing of your photos so far are stunning. FYI Socotra is a Yemeni island, here is the wiki link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra but, owing to the war situation, the island has been virtually inaccessible for visits during the last year. I have now discovered the way in, the island is not linked to the conflict or affected by the war but it’s a slight risk to attempt it ..I’m working on a visit for post-monsoon 2016, I SO hope it works out!
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That sounds wonderful! I love traveling, but Yemen was probably the hardest area in terms of tension and instability. Don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon. I would love to see the pictures you come back from Socotra with though!! 🙂
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I like the first one too Vicky – beautiful shot, stunning colours
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The vertical does draw your attention more to the reflection, doesn’t it? I like them both.
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The first is much more balanced; there’s a surprisingly large amount going on in the shot and the first picture gives it space to breath, if you see what I mean!
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I always love a “reflective” post! Both are stunning.
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You interpret the brief very well in these shots. I just couldn’t get my head around it. Both images have such an air of tranquillity about them, they would make a lovely screensaver (helpful in those moments when you want to smash the computer)!
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I like the second. The crop gets rid of some superfluous blue and puts more focus on the boat.
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I like each photo – the color of and reflection in the water of the first one, the angle of the boat on the second. Very good pictures!
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Both shots have appeal, but I prefer the first shot as an overall image. Love the reflection in both as well.
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second one looks better to me, but I can not explain why 🙂
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