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Ok, this might be a dumb question, but here goes-
I'm trying to learn about landscape photography. I have a grasp of most of the technical details- maximizing dynamic range, post techniques, focus placement, and so forth. But I still have poor composition, which of course is nine tenths of a good photo.
A common strategy I see is the foreground subject with lovely background, using the subject to add interest.
But here's the thing- usually the subject is in the lower half of the frame, and the horizon is in the upper half. See for example:
https://www.ephotozine.com/articles/how-to-ensure-horizons-are-horizontal-16642/images/Lighthouse.jpg
https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Find-A-Foreground.jpg
This means either the photographer cropped the top of the photo, or the camera was angled down. But when I attempt this with my 10-18mm & 7DII (I figure a crop analogue to the venerable 17-40 & 16-35) the horizon is heavily distorted.
What gives? How do landscape photographers deal with this? Is there a trick, a technique? Does everyone secretly correct the horizon with lens profiles? Is it just not noticable in the 16-35mm range, and the 10-18mm is not actually a good analogue despite the whole crop factor thing?
(I know you can use tilt-shift lenses for perspective problems, but they are not widely used from what I can tell, so there must be other solutions)
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