I think everyone should go out and take pictures of their horizon and send them it to the gallery. Lea On Aug 12, 2011, at 7:12 PM, Roger Eichhorn wrote: > Take some photos in a hilly country and try to figure out where the "horizon" is. The best bet is to make sure that things that should be vertical are vertical -- usually trees or light or power poles. Or just stand and look. Same problem. > > Sorry about all the stuff that follows. I've found that deleting blocks of text in an email is very difficult on an iPad. > > Roger > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 6:55 PM, asharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> I think the crux of the issue is that the *viewer* doesn't know that the >> terrain is tilted; all they can see is that the horizon in the *picture* >> is tilted. And if there are no other clues, the visual assumption is that >> it *should* have been level, but isn't. The "Dutch Tilt" works because it >> is *so* far off from level that the viewer must conclude either that the >> photographer intended it, or was drunk. :) >> >> Andrew >> >> >> On Fri, August 12, 2011 3:50 pm, Don Roberts wrote: >>> Agreed, if we can resolve the "curved" versus "level" semantic issue. >>> But I stand by my original claim that the horizon does not need to be >>> level if the terrain is not. Personal preferences I guess. That is just >>> one of the many things that makes photography so compelling. Don >>> >>> >>> On 8/12/11 3:36 PM, MichaelHughes7A@xxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>>> In a message dated 12/08/2011 16:47:02 GMT Daylight Time, >>>> elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: >>>> >>>> There is no point in time or place when the horizon is not level, >>>> sorry. >>>> >>>> Given - both the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's agree that >>>> the visible horizon is the point (or series of Points - my words) where >>>> the sea and the sky appear to meet. Many, but not all people, believe >>>> that the world is round, thus their perception must be that the horizon >>>> curves. Experience - whilst working in Europe for an American company >>>> one encounterd the view that some Americans feared that if they crossed >>>> the outer borders of their continent they would fall off. Michael >>>> >>> >> > your kids . my camera . we'll click www.leamurphy.com
