More Photos, More bad Horizon Lines (Page 3): I do similar on FB, I have a public page for my photography "SueFi Photography" so that I can keep my personal page a bit more private.

justhercamera Loc: NW Michigan

tommystrat wrote:

I have a page on Facebook where I post my images t... (show quote)

I do similar on FB, I have a public page for my photography "SueFi Photography" so that I can keep my personal page a bit more private.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

justhercamera wrote:

Thank you for those recommendations, much appreciated.

As for your Fuji, I like that idea. I also wish you could set the Nikon to automatically turn on the horizon indicators, if that is possible, it has eluded me, so far.

With Nikon, I’ve only seen the level assist show up in the LCD, not the eye-level viewfinder as it does with the Fuji. One benefit with mirrorless.

Bill_de Loc: US

GoofyNewfie wrote:

With Nikon, I’ve only seen the level assist show up in the LCD, not the eye-level viewfinder as it does with the Fuji. One benefit with mirrorless.

Many Nikons have a Viewfinder Virtual Horizon. I have FN 1 set to turn it on and off.

Depending on the camera it can be one arrow at the bottom and one on the right. On my D4s the focus point are used.

I never would have found it except I like watching Steve Perry videos.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

justhercamera wrote:

Thank you for those recommendations, much appreciated.

As for your Fuji, I like that idea. I also wish you could set the Nikon to automatically turn on the horizon indicators, if that is possible, it has eluded me, so far.

But Sue, my D850 allows me to activate Grid Lines in the viewfinder and I'm sure yours does, too. Just a quick check, line one up with the horizon, recompose carefully, and done. Straight Horizons.

adamsg Loc: Chubbuck, ID

I agree about the negative effect of slanted horizons. But a concomitant issue is what happens when shooting, for example, a lake shore that recedes to the left or right. This happened to me several times and if I correct it in editing. then the fir and spruce trees lean from the normal vertical. Sometimes nature doesn't present us with nice right angle points of view. I finally decided that it was better to have the trees truly vertical and hope viewers understand the problem of an angled shore line. The particular shot that brings this up is Beartooth Lake in Wyoming. I made sure the trees were normally vertical and just let the shore line be what it was. That said, I did have ti find trees in groves as isolated trees do get bent by some the pretty fierce winds that can hit that area.

I don't know if this helps anyone or not: just my experience.

Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

dsmeltz wrote:

Even cell phone snappers have no excuse for this. I use Snapseed on my phone for quick editing. The first thing I do is apply rotate. It assumes I want a straight picture and just does it by default.

No excuse? Who cares what someone else does. Worry about your own issues. Do you ever write a positive post?

edhayes Loc: Williamsburg, VA

I agree, fixing images so the horizon line is level is easy and I don't understand why people don't fix their tilted images.

Bill_de Loc: US

Feiertag wrote:

No excuse? Who cares what someone else does. Worry about your own issues. Do you ever write a positive post?

Seems to me that the post you are criticizing is right on topic. Most everyone in this thread cares what others do, except maybe you.

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Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

Bill_de wrote:

Seems to me that the post you are criticizing is right on topic. Most everyone in this thread cares what others do except maybe you.

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Thats right, I don't care what others do as far as their picture taking skills are, nor do I criticize them for it.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Bill_de wrote:

Many Nikons have a Viewfinder Virtual Horizon. I have FN 1 set to turn it on and off.

Depending on the camera it can be one arrow at the bottom and one on the right. On my D4s the focus point are used.

I never would have found it except I like watching Steve Perry videos.

And I would not have known this if you didn’t post this.
Thanks!
I’ll check the D810 manual again.

justhercamera Loc: NW Michigan

GoofyNewfie wrote:

And I would not have known this if you didn’t post this.
Thanks!
I’ll check the D810 manual again.

I have mine assigned to a button as well, I would just rather it was always there. The idea of turning on the grid is possible too, I had not considered that.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Feiertag wrote:

Thats right, I don't care what others do as far as their picture taking skills are, nor do I criticize them for it.

All of us know that you are a very opinionated person. And nasty in top of that. Who are you trying to kid?

You just criticized Bill de

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

There are some occasions where it is hard to recognize when the horizon is not straight. One person in my photo class just could not see that her horizon was not straight as the image was looking out of a sea cave's seaward side. The scene was framed by the seaward exit and the rest of the frame was black. The outside view formed a shape that appeared level, but you could tell by the water level in the illuminated area that it was not. It took me some time to show her the problem. (Incidentally no one else in the class noticed.)

justhercamera Loc: NW Michigan

hassighedgehog wrote:

There are some occasions where it is hard to recog... (show quote)

It is much more obvious when a major part of the looks out to Lake MI, and it looks like a ship out there should be sliding backwards out of the photo, due to the tilt. :)

Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

tdekany wrote:

All of us know that you are a very opinionated person. And nasty in top of that. Who are you trying to kid?

You just criticized Bill de

Buddy, I've seen some of your posts which were pretty nasty and sarcastic, as well. This is why you have been on my "Ignore List" for quite sometime and you will remain there, in the corner. B^)