Agreed.
One thing I found useful was to look at reflections of trees (etc) in water. A
line between the top of the tree and the top of the reflection of the tree
should be vertical - even if the tree is leaning.
I'm really not sure about this one of mine:
<http://users.pandora.be/cunninghams/photogallery/favorites/pages/low%20sun%20on%20trees.htm>
best regds
Jez
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lovison" <sylv4700@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Level photography ;-), was [photo] Fall Mist
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:18:14 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> --- Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Water in rivers and lakes may be level but what we see is not usually
> > the water (unless we're half-submerged) but the opposite bank which
> > can be at any angle, so psychology plays a huge part...
>
> Hi Jez,
>
> And that is the reason why I agree wholeheartedly with what Walt
> wrote... "it is better to look level than be level." Even though my
> camera was probably level (at least I initially thought it was and at
> this point it really doesn't matter :)), those two photos always looked
> a bit out of whack to me, causing distraction and this was confirmed by
> other viewers. The only way I could make the photo "appear" level and
> make the image more pleasing to view imho, was to level the bank of the
> stream near the center of the photo by rotating the image 1 1/2 degrees
> to the left in photoshop. For all I know, that bank could have been
> running on an angle as well. I need to pay more attention to how the
> scene appears and feels in the viewfinder. Maybe it's time to get John
> to etch my 2-13 screen. :)
>
> Richard
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] Re: Level photography ;-), was [photo] Fall Mist
> > Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:00:20 +0000
> >
> > >
> > > To sum it all up, it is better to look level than to be level.
> > >
> > > Walt
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