Waterskimmer

You may want to click the photo to get a better look at this little guy. It feels unusual to have this much nice weather around this time of year. It's awesome, but I feel like it should be raining. Anyways, I started thinking while I was editing this photo. I feel like I'm more experienced with shooting in landscape orientation, i.e. shooting normally, not sideways. As a photographer, one should always be considering things like the rule of thirds or the golden ratio. But I find it harder to compose my photos in portrait orientation. Even in editing, I wasn't quite sure if/how much I should crop this photo.

I've been reading this photography book recently, and one thing that stood out to me was that everything in your frame is there or not there on purpose. Basically he said that all aspects of the photo should have purpose. When it comes to nature photography, you basically have all the time in the world to compose your shot. In contrast to event/sport photography, this is a good thing. However, it also means that there's no excuse for poor composition in a nature/still life photo.