Mobile phone photography- vertical pictures

The river Deben at Woodbridge

So many of us use our mobile phones rather than a discrete camera to take photographs, especially when we are out and about. The visual look of a picture taken with the phone upright makes for a tall, slim photograph. This doesn't work for every type of picture. However, there are some scenes that are enhanced by it, especially outdoor shots. The example shown below approximately obeys the old photography rule of thirds; the top third is the sky, the middle third has objects of interest (in this case yachts at anchor) and the bottom third shows the foreground detail; plants seen under the water and a family of ducks passing by.

There is plenty going on (the sky has a nice swirl of clouds) at each level of the picture and the eye can move from the near to the far effortlessly.