Level waterline?
Nov 5, 2013 10:26:23 #
When shooting rivers and waterfalls from oblique angles the subject often tends to look like it is running down hill, which of course it is, but the photo just looks odd to me. leveling the river bank or lip of the falls only works sometimes. This photo was shot from a level platform ten feet above water level and the camera was leveled using the LCD "level Tool" on the D600. Comments?
Sandstone Falls, WV
Nov 5, 2013 10:34:25 #
jmb6800
Loc: Amherst, MA USA
On these I usually go for trying to make the trees mostly vertical. Straightening the stream often makes the trees tilt weirdly.
Nov 5, 2013 10:53:49 #
jmb6800 wrote:
On these I usually go for trying to make the trees mostly vertical. Straightening the stream often makes the trees tilt weirdly.
I agree. If trees are showing I try to make them pretty straight. But usually I will zoom in to only include rocks, then I can tilt the frame to make the water flow downhill.
Nov 5, 2013 10:54:31 #
jmb6800 wrote:
On these I usually go for trying to make the trees mostly vertical. Straightening the stream often makes the trees tilt weirdly.
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Nov 5, 2013 11:00:52 #
BermBuster wrote:
I agree. If trees are showing I try to make them pretty straight. But usually I will zoom in to only include rocks, then I can tilt the frame to make the water flow downhill.
One of the problems is perceptual by the viewer of the image.
When a viewer views an image he/she looks for a sound footing, in your sample the photographer must have gotten his/her feet wet to capture the stream.
Most of the time, if you include the foreground as a solid footing the appearance of a stream running downhill will be gone, but in cases where this will not correct the miss-perception you can straighten the trees along the far bank of the stream.
Michael G
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