Somewhere Along Route 96
Overcast, rain and a general blah start to the day but I chose an adventure. A friend had told me about the Museum of Aviation next to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA (south of Macon). I enjoyed the museum in Connecticut last fall and I knew I needed to check this one out. There was a chance the day would improve but the museum has four buildings full of aircraft, so weather wasn’t going to be problem. Anyway, more on the museum later…
On my way back home I had to stop along the road to capture this scene when the sun broke through the clouds. My issue is deciding if I like the landscape or portrait view better. Any thoughts?
Clouds Over Trees – Landscape
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/800s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100
Clouds Over Trees – Portrait
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/800s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100
These are the same image. The portrait version is a different crop from the same file as the landscape version. I’m generally a fan of my landscape images being in landscape orientation but the vertical lines of the trees have me thinking the portrait “feels” better. And that is the thing… each has a different feel.
The more I look at the second image I’m wishing I had put the 70-300mm lens on the camera and really zoomed in on the center opening to see how it looked. The zoom would have brought the background closer but I’m thinking I would have lost too much of the clouds, which would make the image a little boring. Oh well…
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Portrait would be my pick
I’ll put on the coffee and elaborate with my why now.
I’m leaning toward that one too
Snowcheck on the elaboration! Yes, it’s snowing in Florida! (Check my IG story.) 😍🥰
We got some snow here too
I LOVE the landscape because (i think) i saw it first and it took some studying to figure out what it was. Maybe because its 5:30 a.m. and I’m on the small screen of my phone.
That said I think the second crop is amazing too.
heck I dont know, going back to look at both again .
Now I’m curious where you will end up between the two… 🙂
I went back to look, this time on a bigger screen than my phone, and not in the middle of the night. I still like the landscape a bit better. (They are both wonderful) Mostly because of the clouds. I think the portrait version would make a wonderful inspirational poster, and the landscape version would look lovely matted and framed. But I do love them both.
To be honest the first edit of the image was in landscape mode. After viewing it I wanted to see what portrait would look like. I think I lean toward the portrait because of the verticality of the trees aligns with that orientation.
I can see that.
Landscape: You definitely have enough interesting cloudscape running the entire horizontal length of the capture, and I’m a cloud freak, so I would have picked this one except I’m not a fan of the man-structured tree rows. (Plural. One nice row/blazed path I can handle. More becomes stifling order, conformity, ahhhh… can’t breathe, where are the woods?!) For me, the focal point draws me to the distance down the center lane, paired nicely with the peak of the cloud structure also beckoning me, which is nice, so I can get out of there, haha, and hopefully to the adventure.
Portrait: For me, the first plus is less of the man-rows. Focal point for me does become the sky though. Maybe if the main runway was highlighted and a smidge more was cropped from the excess top sky beyond the cloud structure. Maybe some magical Mike blurring of those other tree rows.
That’s just my weirdo viewer/fan feedback. You all are the pro photographers with the club lingo; I’m just a girl on an outdated iPhone these days with whatever editing features come with that. 😉
Yeah, I did play with the portrait crop. Originally there was more sky.
The image with the trees
I’m going with the landscape for my preference. I like the balance and leading lines of the trees.