Well, we don't have hills in Houston, only over passes that sort of give the same result! Roger Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > >
