We don’t have much in the way of Aspens in the UK, but we do have Silver Birch. I just liked the textures here. (Couldn’t make up my mind whether I preferred the portrait or landscape version.)
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I see what you mean, it is a tough call. On balance the vertical, but very close 😃🍀
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Those are both good orientations.
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In western countries few trees beat the silver birches and the beeches when they stand naked and pale against Winter. Great photos both.
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Stephen, I also thought I had left comments on this post. I prefer the portrait orientation as it focuses more on the tree as a subject rather than a landscape image.
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I left a bunch of comments on various blogs the other day but they didn’t seem to ‘take’.
Both work for me – love birch trees.
Yes, even when they get quite old they can be full of character.
Hope I’m not being too “contrary” here, but I prefer the landscape. Somehow I can see the forest through the trees with this orientation. Beautiful. I love both birch and aspen trees.
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Another one of those places for a ‘revisit’ – I would like to get a shot when the leaves are just breaking through.