Is it better to follow what is correct or to alter reality?
Nov 23, 2023 15:04:44 #
In the attached photo it looks like the tower is leaning a couple of degrees to the right (to me anyway). If I put a grid over the shot, the verticals are straight. I've come across this phenomenon on other occasions -- so is it better to leave the shot alone or correct to overcome what is most likely an optical illusion caused by trees or other elements in the shot?
Nov 23, 2023 15:47:49 #
Altering reality is relative, Mike but I would leave it alone.
Since you have already checked and it's straight, there isn't really much to be done with spending more time than you might like and then, you would be altering reality.
I like the tower on the right side also, it kind of ties everything together.
My vote, for what it's worth, is leave it.
Since you have already checked and it's straight, there isn't really much to be done with spending more time than you might like and then, you would be altering reality.
I like the tower on the right side also, it kind of ties everything together.
My vote, for what it's worth, is leave it.
Nov 23, 2023 16:02:34 #
Mike D. wrote:
Altering reality is relative, Mike but I would leave it alone.
Since you have already checked and it's straight, there isn't really much to be done with spending more time than you might like and the, you would be altering reality.
I like the tower on the right side also, it kind of ties everything together.
My vote, for what it's worth, is leave it.
Since you have already checked and it's straight, there isn't really much to be done with spending more time than you might like and the, you would be altering reality.
I like the tower on the right side also, it kind of ties everything together.
My vote, for what it's worth, is leave it.
Thanks for the input! I'm glad you like the shot -- the tower on the right is a grave marker. Some people think the Indian tower was put up as a watch tower to prevent Indian raids on the community but in reality, it was placed there to commemorate the friendship between the locals and the Indian tribes in the area. There are something like eight settlers and three Indians buried in the area of the tower.
Nov 23, 2023 16:42:54 #
Bridges wrote:
Thanks for the input! I'm glad you like the shot -- the tower on the right is a grave marker. Some people think the Indian tower was put up as a watch tower to prevent Indian raids on the community but in reality, it was placed there to commemorate the friendship between the locals and the Indian tribes in the area. There are something like eight settlers and three Indians buried in the area of the tower.
If I had looked closer before I replied, I would have seen that it was closer that it seemed. Either way, it's a nice composition.
Nov 23, 2023 16:52:28 #
Nov 23, 2023 17:06:28 #
Optical illusion caused by the tree to the left of the tower.
If you made the tower look "vertical", the right side would look off vertical.
Same thing happens with angled shorelines on the other side of a lake. Makes the horizon look tilted sometimes.
If you made the tower look "vertical", the right side would look off vertical.
Same thing happens with angled shorelines on the other side of a lake. Makes the horizon look tilted sometimes.
Nov 23, 2023 17:09:25 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Nice shot. I like it and that's all that matters to me.
The wonderful thing about Curmudgeons is that Curmudgeons are wonderful things. Isn't getting older somewhat liberating, Frank?
Nov 23, 2023 17:12:29 #
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Nov 23, 2023 17:53:55 #
frankco
Loc: Colorado
I've read years ago that the Greeks would angle tall columns, (think Parthenon) outward (I believe, possibly inward) slightly to negate the illusion that they are leaning towards (or away) from each other. I know it sounds like bad practice to sit columns out of line from gravity but that is what I'd read. Probably in a Humanities course. It has something to do with how the brain processes long parallel lines.
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Nov 23, 2023 18:15:09 #
Outward may correct for the vanishing point effect when looking upward???
Nov 23, 2023 18:23:24 #
frankco
Loc: Colorado
Longshadow wrote:
Outward may correct for the vanishing point effect when looking upward???
That makes sense.
Nov 23, 2023 19:18:03 #
Nov 23, 2023 19:19:23 #
Mike D. wrote:
The wonderful thing about Curmudgeons is that Curmudgeons are wonderful things. Isn't getting older somewhat liberating, Frank?
Thanks Mike. It is nice to find some one who knows about Curmudgeonship. Combining that with my being natural born iconoclast I am able to turn this "Vale of tears" into a world to be enjoyed. The only thing I take serious any more is my lovely wife of almost 51 years. We hold hands and watch the crazy world spin by us.
Jack
Nov 24, 2023 05:07:42 #
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