A vertical or horizontal landscape photo - part 3

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A horizontal photo is perfect for showing the vastness of a landscape. Especially if you present the photo as a panoramic crop. Sometimes you have to forget about the foreground.

A vast landscape sometimes looks best in a panorama. This does not have to be a true panorama made up of multiple images. You almost never need that resolution. A crop is usually good enough.

The advantage of a panoramic crop is that there is not too much sky. In some cases, there is also not too much foreground. Is the foreground or sky important? Then do not use a panorama.

A panorama emphasises the sense of vastness. Choose the popular 16:9 or 16:10 ratio. Or make it a 2:1 ratio. You can also choose the old-fashioned Xpan format (65:24 format)

It is usually best to avoid foreground elements in panoramic crops. There is simply too little room in terms of height. Sometimes an edge works well in the composition, as in the example above.

Is the foreground very important? Then consider not taking a horizontal photo. Choose a vertical photo instead, so you can place more emphasis on the foreground, middle ground and background.0

Can't decide, or don't want to decide? Then take both photos, a vast panorama as well as a vertical photo for the foreground. Never try to cram it all into a single photo.0

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