Lines - No Blur

Minimalism during today's walk with the dog and Q-S1+06. It's the surface of a footbridge. The sun was aligned with the flat, vertical bars that support the railings. I've photographed the bridge in various ways many times, but have never seen the shadows quite so narrow and sharply defined before.

The question is - do you prefer vertical or horizontal lines? Why? (It's the same picture, just rotated.)

Incidentally, I didn't see Nigelk's thread 'Blurring the Lines' until after the walk - minimalism in the opposite direction!







Steve

Very effective. Horizontal lines for me, the narrowing of the spacing between the lines give a depth to the photo that's missing on the vertical.

How about a square crop with diagonal lines narrowing into a top corner?

Paul

Can't tell you why but I think I prefer the vertical version.

All the best, Bob

Vertical because the texture is better perceived for some strange reason.

Perhaps try returning the lens - this one seems to be producing erratic distortions!

As presented, the horizontal image edges in front, probably as Paul suggests, because of the apparent depth in the image. The vertical looks a bit odd somehow, but it might have been in the lead for me if it had been shot that way, rather than rotated.

Philip

Horizontal for me, but I don't know quite why!

I agree that the horizontal version appears to have greater depth, making it more attractive to me too. Also agree that the texture is displayed better in the vertical version. However, surely this is the result of an apparently more "close up" view, since the horizontal image is physically bigger than the vertical, even if it is the same image, rotated.

That's just the way this forum displays them. Copy the image into any application in which the horizontal or vertical view can be presented on screen at the same size.

Philip