I personally prefer landscape but some people like targets to be presented North up.
i do find though l can’t visualise an image properly if it is upside down from the norm or even flipped. I can cope with a slight angle.
Carole
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Bill McLaughlin:
I almost always prefer landscape for a simple reason and that is I emphatically discourage people from viewing my images on a phone (sadly all too common) and the vast majority of PC monitors are in landscape.
When I send people to my webpage or Astrobin page it is with the admonition to please not view on a phone. It is frustrating because we all work so hard to get the best from our images only to have people fail to appreciate the details we worked so hard to get simply because they are looking at a tiny screen.
OTOH if it is for printing then either is probably fine as the size will be quite large in most cases and taste (and maybe where it is going to hang) would become important. Having said that, given how fast imaging and processing are improving, a nice and $$ print will probably be obsolete in a year - why I prefer a "picture frame" style monitor on the wall instead of a print.
Just my opinion, of course.... For convenience sake, I look at images on my iPhone or iPad, but I always turn it to landscape orientation. I spend so much time on my iMac, that I sometimes just need a break. Agree on the quality disservice of our work though.
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Die Launische Diva:
Personally I find the landscape version more balanced Thank you for the feedback. As far as my image is concerned, you are in the majority in terms of preference. I did not intend for this thread to concentrate so much on my image, but I really appreciate all the feedback. I am definitely learning from the discussion.
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I think it's great that your post got a lot of folks thinking about it.
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Dan Wertz:
Die Launische Diva:
Personally I find the landscape version more balanced
Thank you for the feedback. As far as my image is concerned, you are in the majority in terms of preference.
I did not intend for this thread to concentrate so much on my image, but I really appreciate all the feedback. I am definitely learning from the discussion. You are welcome! I suppose I am in the minority to suggest that the display/publish medium usually dictates the orientation and aspect ratio. This is what I have learned in my photography studies, even if in my works (astrophotography or personal photography projects) I mostly prefer landscape orientations.
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As for Landscape vs Portrait, first I need to decide on what needs to be on top and bottom. Then crop considering things like eye flow, rule of thirds and how to best highlight the object. If that leaves me with a portrait, so be it! But it could just as easily be landscape or square.
Regarding my “what needs to be top and bottom” comment; this takes lnto account:
1) Pareidolia - e.g. if it looks like a horsehead don’t put the horse upside down.
2) colors/structures that resemble landscapes often feel better with blue fields on top and darker colors on bottom
3) visual weight - it the balance of structures are on one side of the image and there is significant negative space on the other side, putting the “heavy” side with the structures on top will feel precarious and unbalanced.
More on composition:
- Try to avoid big empty spaces in the center.
- If your object or star spikes are really close to be at 0, 90, 180, or 270, consider rotating them a bit to that orientation.
- It’s OK to crop if your object is quite small in a boring star field.
All thoughts are Kevin’s opinions only!
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Portrait. Love the colours
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Kevin Morefield:
As for Landscape vs Portrait, first I need to decide on what needs to be on top and bottom. Then crop considering things like eye flow, rule of thirds and how to best highlight the object. If that leaves me with a portrait, so be it! But it could just as easily be landscape or square.
Regarding my “what needs to be top and bottom” comment; this takes lnto account:
1) Pareidolia - e.g. if it looks like a horsehead don’t put the horse upside down.
2) colors/structures that resemble landscapes often feel better with blue fields on top and darker colors on bottom
3) visual weight - it the balance of structures are on one side of the image and there is significant negative space on the other side, putting the “heavy” side with the structures on top will feel precarious and unbalanced.
More on composition:
- Try to avoid big empty spaces in the center.
- If your object or star spikes are really close to be at 0, 90, 180, or 270, consider rotating them a bit to that orientation.
- It’s OK to crop if your object is quite small in a boring star field.
All thoughts are Kevin’s opinions only! Excellent Kevin. I would add, have a main subject!
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