Hmm. I always want to expand my horizons. Does that count? :) Andrew On 08/12/2011 06:43 PM, Don Roberts wrote: > Given numerous horizons from any vantage point, I think the gallery > would be overwhelmed. > Don > > On 8/12/11 7:15 PM, Lea Murphy 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- http://andrewsharpe.com
