Chris,
Even with a Hama spirit level, or equivalent, you take your
chances. Problem is that OM shoes are rarely square to the film
plane. That just wasn't in the blueprint apparently. You can sort of see
why with the detachable shoes, but even the OM-2S/4(x) are seemingly always
in a state of unsquareness.
I still use a level almost always, even in the mountains where it is really
kind of silly.
There are times when the effect is especially lousy, however. At the Grand
Canyon I carefully leveled my camera and ended up hating the gentle slope
of the canyon rim into the distant horizon. "Corrected" all scans in
Photoshop. YMMV.
Joel W.
At 09:48 AM 11/20/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>I agree with both comments. It's a peaceful scene with a feeling of
>depth to it.
>
>I have become quite sensitive to slightly off-level photos and I wonder
>how I get myself to that position (RQ)*. On the other hand, the
>left-hand bank of the river might be slightly higher in elevation than
>the right which lead the viewer to suppose that it is out of true
>horizontally.
>
>What do others do to avoid the need to rotate an image after processing?
>
>Chris
>
>* Rhetorical question ... ;-)
>On 20 Nov 2004, at 4:22, Mike wrote:
>
> >
> > Very nice image. However i think it should be rotated a few degrees CC.
> >
> > mike
> >
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