Orientation matters- back to Winter Tulips

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Short photography tip

Sometimes you can use an old photo for a complete new look just by flipping and\or rotating it.

The landscape version of my FEATURED IMAGE, Bowing down, 2022 is part of my Winter Tulip series. I would have to find a different name for the portrait version.

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9 responses to “Orientation matters- back to Winter Tulips”

  1. howg2211 Avatar
    howg2211

    Great reminder that you don’t have to choose one ‘best’ presentation. This one looks great in both orientations.

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    1. Alessandra Chaves Avatar

      I kinda found it out by accident…

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  2. WritingfromtheheartwithBrian Avatar

    It conveys a completely different meaning to me. No matter what … both are beautiful shots.

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    1. Alessandra Chaves Avatar

      Yes, they are the same but different!

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  3. Steve Schwartzman Avatar

    One can argue that we should appreciate an image equally regardless of its orientation. That may well hold for completely abstract images. For representational images, however, physical realities and long-established cultural traditions play into our perceptions of an image. Tulips normally grow upward; one that’s growing sideways may connote weakness or approaching death. More generally we take upward to be good, downward to be bad, so in some sense we probably see the vertical version as positive and the flipped-and-rotated version as negative.

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    1. Alessandra Chaves Avatar

      Yes, our minds judge, make associations.

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  4. shoreacres Avatar

    It would be fun to see four photos, each showing the tulip in a different orientation: up, down, and to each side. I think I’d arrange them left, up, down, and right. It would make a great display.

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    1. Alessandra Chaves Avatar

      down, you mean, upside-down?

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      1. shoreacres Avatar

        Yes — upside down, so that the tulip’s shown facing in each of four directions.

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