Tilting pictures
Mar 28, 2022 08:12:25 #
melismus wrote:
Check your pixel count before and after a tilt adjustment. The loss can be heavy, and persuade you to frame more carefully.
Loss of pixel count does matter to many people.
Mar 28, 2022 09:05:46 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
charlienow wrote:
I do. I’m just wondering why it happens so much. And am I the only one with this problem.
I’m thinking it could be the way I release the shutter
Chuck
I’m thinking it could be the way I release the shutter
Chuck
Check your camera menus to see if it has a level line feature you can turn on and have it display in your viewfinder. I use this feature all the time and it really helps me keep things on the level.
Stan
Mar 28, 2022 09:07:49 #
Folks , the older you get the more you tilt . Why , because you don't exercise as much and you are not as loose as you use to be . So when you raise you right arm it tugs a little and you stop there ,so when you feel you arm wanting to stop just raise it a little more and your pictures will straighten up .
Mar 28, 2022 09:24:20 #
Longshadow wrote:
I thought of that also, but "pressing" (instead of squeezing) a shutter button on the right will either tilt the whole camera down a bit or just the right-hand side. If the right-hand side of the camera goes down, the horizon will be tilted up on the right, not down.
I really don’t think actuating the shutter is the issue. Just concentrating on the subject and not really noticing the horizon.
Mar 28, 2022 09:26:41 #
Mar 28, 2022 09:49:20 #
I follow a site from a Greek island, population 3,000. Men and women post pictures daily, most of them of seascapes. A huge percentage of photographs posted by women make me think that the sea is falling off to the right, exactly as you describe it, in quite a few of them the tilting is severe. Those of men, tilting is very rare but still to the right. I am still trying to decide what it means but I am inclined to believe it has something to do with the two sides of the brain and with women is definitely more prominent.
I hope this helps.
Sarantis
I hope this helps.
Sarantis
Mar 28, 2022 10:03:12 #
ssymeono wrote:
I follow a site from a Greek island, population 3,... (show quote)
That’s an interesting comment. Whenever my Mom took a picture it was always unbalanced…never in thirds…more like 2/3rds, 1/3rd. And she wasn’t Greek!
Mar 28, 2022 10:04:32 #
dennis2146 wrote:
You are not the only person with this problem. I think many have this problem including myself from time to time.
Dennis
Dennis
You might consider a small bubble level held on with double sided tape to help leveling your shots. They are available in very small sizes for installing small posts.
D
Mar 28, 2022 10:10:06 #
ssymeono wrote:
I follow a site from a Greek island, population 3,... (show quote)
Some "tilt" has to do with the camera not being parallel to the surf edge. The angle off of perpendicular will cause a perceived tilt. I've seen it on the opposite shore of some lake shots. How evident the illusion depends on the angle of the opposite shore not being parallel to the film plane.
Mar 28, 2022 10:25:08 #
When I do, it usually isn’t noticed until I’ve already printed or posted or emailed the image. “Dammit!”
Mar 28, 2022 10:26:01 #
I have problems with that also. I turned on the grid lines in my viewfinder, and that helps some. When I'm not in a hurry, I pay attention. When I am in a hurry. . . .
Mar 28, 2022 10:30:35 #
Posture??? I have a permanent tilt due to a spinal fracture and an old disease. It has become automatic to check camera level before pressing the shutter button. I don't have to think about doing it. We can learn new tricks. 
Mar 28, 2022 10:37:00 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
TKT wrote:
Posture??? I have a permanent tilt due to a spinal fracture and an old disease. It has become automatic to check camera level before pressing the shutter button. I don't have to think about doing it. We can learn new tricks.
I think you have hit on the answer. A lot of folks want things to be automatic...wanting their cameras to do everything so that they do not have to be bothered by technique. So lots of things become the result of carelessness. I'm sometimes guilty, and it's really annoying to come face to face with a mistake that I knew enough to avoid but did not care enough (at least in the moment) to do so.
Mar 28, 2022 10:41:22 #
StanMac wrote:
Check your camera menus to see if it has a level line feature you can turn on and have it display in your viewfinder. I use this feature all the time and it really helps me keep things on the level.
Stan
Stan
The grid <in my one camera> display is only available in live view.
Mar 28, 2022 10:44:15 #
This is a ananomy/posturr/ergonomic effect. I compensate by using the artificial horizon in the my Nikom D500. I have it set in a menu and toggle it via a front button. I only use it when shooting wide angle.
charlienow wrote:
Recently I have been going through some of my photos…one thing I have noticed is a large percentage of my photos tilt to the right. That is slant down from left to right. Not a lot, just enough to be annoying.
Does anyone else have this problem. Is there a reason this happens so often. When I am looking thru the viewfinder I don’t notice the tilt.
What are your thoughts on this
Chuck
Does anyone else have this problem. Is there a reason this happens so often. When I am looking thru the viewfinder I don’t notice the tilt.
What are your thoughts on this
Chuck
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