This weekend found me in the vicinity of Marina Bay for the Santa Wishes Run. The run took place along the promenade, a wide concrete expanse with water on one side and buildings on the other.
When I came upon this unexpected sight, my breath was taken away! At first glance, it looked to be field of green accented with brilliant pink flowers, except that it was an enormous manmade water feature filled to the brim with spectacularly hued water lilies. Definitely the highlight of a good morning out!
Lesson 3 from the Blogging U: Developing Your Eye resource text reads: Humans have binocular vision — which means we have two eyes, adjacent to one another — and naturally scan a scene along a horizontal, rather than vertical, plane. When composing today’s photo of water, experiment with both horizontal (landscape) and vertical (portrait) orientations.
Here is my portrait shot:
Which do you like better?
All things bright and beautiful 
my breath was taken away from the sight of your pics- I can see how in person this must have been thunderous.
Gosh – the angle that you give too – allows the pink to leap out
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I am so glad you know exactly how I feel, Yvette! Thunderous – what a wonderfully descriptive word! Thank you for your support & encouragement; I feel very much affirmed!
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my pleasure – and blogging is truly so fun (most of the time – ha)
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This makes a wonderful header. I tend to prefer horizontal but sometimes crop to vertical for some subjects. Occasionally I will shoot vertically.
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Now that you mentioned it, if my photographs are vertical, it is because I have cropped it such. I will try turning my camera vertical to see if it makes any difference (it just never occurs to me to do so).
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There are both lovely and I prefer the horizontal image, although the flowers stand out more in the portrait image without the building in the background :o) xxx
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Thanks so much for taking the time, Xenia! for your feedback and affirmation. My initial desire was to capture the whole lot of flowers. The closeup was one one of the final shots I spent time on.
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☺🙋♀️💖 xxx
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Hmm, i’m having trouble deciding which I like better: the horizontal view gives me an idea of the magnitude of the patch of water lilies and their setting, but the vertical view provides more detail of the flowers and leaves of the plant. Either way, I think you are doing marvelously well with your photography.
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Thank you, Janet, for your thoughtful consideration of these photographs. I am enjoying the process so much!
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Great eye… absolutely stunning way of capturing the moment.
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Thank you, April! for your affirmation!
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Both are wonderful shots! 😄
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Thanks so much, Sarah!
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You´re welcome!
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Lovely. Was this outside the artscience museum? I remember sitting there. 🙂
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Good spotting! It is just outside the ArtScience.
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