Bob Jarman wrote:
Great tones and processing - I love the action!
Nit: horizon not level? Sorry, I can't help it - first thing I notice, and maybe I'm wrong, not the first time.
Bob
Haha, that’s awesome. You know, the first thing you learn when you start photography is to make sure the photo is sharp and the horizon is level. In this case, I trusted Photoshop’s auto-straight and didn’t pay attention. You’re right — it’s crooked. I’ve got to fix it. Thanks for letting me know.
epphoto wrote:
Haha, that’s awesome. You know, the first thing you learn when you start photography is to make sure the photo is sharp and the horizon is level. In this case, I trusted Photoshop’s auto-straight and didn’t pay attention. You’re right — it’s crooked. I’ve got to fix it. Thanks for letting me know.
Lovely picture. I've visited the great lakes a lot during the summer, and one of the few things I've felt I really missed out on was seeing the lakes agitated by a powerful winter storm.
epphoto wrote:
Haha, that’s awesome. You know, the first thing you learn when you start photography is to make sure the photo is sharp and the horizon is level. In this case, I trusted Photoshop’s auto-straight and didn’t pay attention. You’re right — it’s crooked. I’ve got to fix it. Thanks for letting me know.
..... and maybe the second thing to learn in photography, art (and perhaps life itself) is that rules are great guidelines initially but are there to be broken form time to time.
For me I can't help thinking that if I were there watching that scene I would have been very unaware of any constant balance or horizon ... and showing that is one small contribution to showing the dynamism which is the essential of the scene itself.
krug wrote:
..... and maybe the second thing to learn in photography, art (and perhaps life itself) is that rules are great guidelines initially but are there to be broken form time to time.
For me I can't help thinking that if I were there watching that scene I would have been very unaware of any constant balance or horizon ... and showing that is one small contribution to showing the dynamism which is the essential of the scene itself.
just imho.
I agree @krug. Taken in isolation, the distinction of horizontal when viewing the image versus being in the scene lies in the edge of the frame setting a horizontal point of reference, true horizon or not, versus an unbounded scene were one there. And of course this ignores the magnificent dynamics, as you point out.
On occasion an intentional non-horizontal horizon can/will contribute otherwise lacking (and necessary?) dynamics to an image, that, up to the photographer.
I'd be curious to see it rotated CW / CCW more ... as if you were on a vessel being tossed by the sea.
Of course, rotating it would crop it wonky in the process, so it really would have needed to be shot askew originally. But, those are some powerful looking surges.
