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Sunny Sra
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Late november...

Dec 23, 2013 at 05:25 PM

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Looks like it was snowing as you pressed the shutter. Glad that's not dust in your skies! Nice image, Sunny.

Dec 23, 2013 at 06:17 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Convict Lake

Hi Jeffrey,
Yes it was snowing...it was the big storm couple of days before Thanksgiving.

Dec 23, 2013 at 06:26 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Convict Lake

Love this scene and processing! It just needs a CCW turn to level it.

Dec 23, 2013 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Convict Lake

Hey Sunny,

Cool shot, the B&W looks great here. Now good luck on leveling this as Scott pointed out because the rocks look level to me. So if you make the distant shoreline level, then the foreground rocks will be crooked I think.

Jim

Dec 23, 2013 at 07:04 PM

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JimFox wrote:
Hey Sunny,

Cool shot, the B&W looks great here. Now good luck on leveling this as Scott pointed out because the rocks look level to me. So if you make the distant shoreline level, then the foreground rocks will be crooked I think.

Jim

the shot is level...its just the way the lake is...and you know it!!

Dec 23, 2013 at 07:41 PM

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Scott Kroeker wrote:
Love this scene and processing! It just needs a CCW turn to level it.

Thanks Scott. The shot is perfectly level. The tripod was level, the bubble thingie on top of camera was centered, the horizon thingie in the camera was green all the way

Dec 26, 2013 at 02:41 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Convict Lake

Although you say the shot is level (and I believe you!!!) I still can't get past the uneven feel. I keep finding myself tilting my head when I look at it.

A killer scene for sure.

Dec 26, 2013 at 02:59 PM

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TJ Thorne wrote:
Although you say the shot is level (and I believe you!!!) I still can't get past the uneven feel. I keep finding myself tilting my head when I look at it.

A killer scene for sure.

Ditto on both counts.....love the image but I have that drinking feeling too.

Dec 26, 2013 at 04:34 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Convict Lake

There are ton of dust on your sensor.

Dec 26, 2013 at 10:26 PM

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Sunny Sra wrote:
Thanks Scott. The shot is perfectly level. The tripod was level, the bubble thingie on top of camera was centered, the horizon thingie in the camera was green all the way

Well, then I suspect you have a faulty bubble level.

One thing you can count on in nature is that items reflected in the water will always be perfectly vertical between the object and it's reflection.

I took your image and drew red lines from parts of the image to their reflections. As you can see the lines are all slanted. I then rotated the image so the most distant line in the water is level by zooming in. As you can see the lines are now vertical and the image is now level.

Was this a single exposure or multi-image panorama?

Dec 26, 2013 at 10:29 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Convict Lake

Excellent mood and composition.

Dec 27, 2013 at 12:25 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Convict Lake

Like this image a lot Sunny, however as you say it is level which I fully believe is true, I also feel a little CCW tweak helps the viewers eye. Have had similar dilemmas myself and I feel in the end one need to strike a fine balance. Scots levelling above I feel is a wee tad overdone.

Dec 27, 2013 at 08:15 AM

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mabidally wrote:
Like this image a lot Sunny, however as you say it is level which I fully believe is true, I also feel a little CCW tweak helps the viewers eye. Have had similar dilemmas myself and I feel in the end one need to strike a fine balance. Scots levelling above I feel is a wee tad overdone.

I strongly disagree. Like I said earlier there is one thing that is absolute in nature, reflected objects in water are perfectly vertical to their counterparts. No debate.

I know what is happening here. There are many elements fighting each other. The rocks are at a slight angle in relation to the scene and where the mountain meets the water is creating a line that is tapering down to the left because the camera is elevated above the water. It is a perspective issue. The further left of the image you look the closer the mountain is in relation to the camera. The image seems to have been leveled based on that line when in reality it would be tapered due to the camera being elevated about the water. The higher up the camera is the more it will seem to taper. Its all perspective.

I drew the lines to confirm the photo is not level then I leveled it based on the furthest line in the very center of the image where the mountain meets the water since it is the most square to the camera and would be the best line to use for leveling.

My edit, is level, but the compounding elements are all paying against each other to create a challenge.

You can all agree or disagree but facts are facts.

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Dec 27, 2013 at 02:17 PM

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Scott Kroeker wrote:
I strongly disagree. Like I said earlier there is one thing that is absolute in nature, reflected objects in water are perfectly vertical to their counterparts. No debate.

I know what is happening here. There are many elements fighting each other. The rocks are at a slight angle in relation to the scene and where the mountain meets the water is creating a line that is tapering down to the left because the camera is elevated above the water. It is a perspective issue. The further left of the image you look the closer the mountain is in relation...Show more →

I, for one, agree with you 110%....it's a simple law of physics. No arguing that....even Sheldon Cooper couldn't argue that one!

Dec 27, 2013 at 03:22 PM

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Again, Sunny - it takes nothing away from the image. It's a beautiful scene and nicely captured.

Dec 27, 2013 at 03:24 PM

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Scott Kroeker wrote:
I strongly disagree. Like I said earlier there is one thing that is absolute in nature, reflected objects in water are perfectly vertical to their counterparts. No debate.

I know what is happening here. There are many elements fighting each other. The rocks are at a slight angle in relation to the scene and where the mountain meets the water is creating a line that is tapering down to the left because the camera is elevated above the water. It is a perspective issue. The further left of the image you look the closer the mountain is in relation...Show more →

Even Einstein would have to agree with your precision argument

Dec 27, 2013 at 04:52 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Convict Lake

great shot

Dec 27, 2013 at 06:27 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Convict Lake

Aside from it feeling tilted to the right, I love it. It has such an old school feel.

Dec 28, 2013 at 01:45 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Convict Lake

a very nice image Sunny.

Dec 28, 2013 at 01:54 AM

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