Portrait Format refers to rectangular pictures where the short side is horizontal and the longer edge vertical - as is traditional with pictures of faces - portraits. This is as opposed to landscape format.
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I chose a portrait format so that I could fill the frame with just the post box and the fells behind.
In playback, when magnifying a portrait format image the enlarged area is shown in a 3:2 portrait format area (even if shot at 16:9), wasting most of the screen area
Images shot in 16:9 JPEG + RAW can only be reconverted in-camera to 3:2 JPEGs ...
The examples show that people pictures can succeed in both landscape and portrait format. The only important thing is to correctly position the motif in the frame and to achieve skillful bleeding. A lot of times, it's better to get closer.
Taking this landscape in portrait format was more effective in that it secluded one large snow gum, instead of showing a mountain of gums. It helped keep the photograph simpler than it would otherwise have been.
It's true that a plunging waterfall or tall building often suits the portrait format for obvious reasons. It's also true that our eyes are placed horizontally in our head and not vertically.
For close-up portraits of people, orient the camera to the portrait format. Keep the eye level of the subject 1/3 of the way down from the top of the frame.
Avoid having a distant subject in dead center of a frame.
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Try positioning the subject according to the Rule of Thirds. Experiment with both landscape and portrait format images in order to see what works -ultimately, this will be a matter of personal choice.
Use a ball head mounted on the tripod to allow fast camera movements. If you need to switch from landscape to portrait format, you’ll be able to tilt the camera quickly and easily.
A common feature, mostly designed for still cameras, allows the head to flip sideways 90 degrees to allow the camera to take pictures in portrait format rather than landscape.
This will be further strengthened if you position yourself in the middle of the path and take photos in portrait format. For depth effect you can also work with colors: Blue and green are cold colors which step in the background all by themselves.
 See also: Landscape, Format, Camera, Image, Photograph
  
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