Camera Horizon

Imagine the scene: a beautiful day summered. In front of you is a field awash with green and yellow and orange and a wonderful blue sky. And there are sheep in the fields, grazing happy.

Or a beach scene, with boats floating serenely over the water gently lapping waves of their helmets as the sun shines by its splendor.

It takes pictures, but somehow end Dona't images look quite right. The sheep are walking downhill and boats seem to be sliding off the stage!

What is the problem? The horizon!

Wherever you go, either Arizona or Adelaide, there is an indisputable fact. Horizons are level. Although the brain can make mental adjustments when you see the scene before that, when captured in an image, wonÂ't looks good if the horizon is not completely flat.

And notices. Even minor aberrations in the level of the horizon will make a photo of a "look odda. That is, unless there is something in the scene darkens.

You Dona't take a genius to detect a variable horizon and, fortunately, there Dona't take a genius to correct or prevent their images. Landscapes and seascapes are the largest areas of images that require identifying flat horizons.

Make sure yours are level.

Eric Hartwell runs the photography resource site http://www.theshutter.co.uk and the associated discussion forums as well as the regular weblog at http://thephotographysite.blogspot.com.

Camera Horizon

Camera Horizon