 Posted 3/17/2008 8:54:59 AM
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Tonka, it would be interesting to know if you put a bubble leveler on your camera and shot those hills using it, if the image would look as you saw it when taking it. I also wonder if people would see it as unlevel. Maybe our eyes are smart enough to know it looks right even if technically it looks crooked.
Do any of you use Lightroom? That is where I usually fix horizon lines if needed. I will still have to read the interpolation link Richard put up (thanks!) but was wondering if the image would still lose quality since Lightroom is suppose to be nondestructive.
My ideas on post processing are that it is always better to get it right the first time, in camera, but there are times when viewing it on your monitor you may make a creative decision to change the orientation. I'm not talking about trying to cover up a flaw but you may decide in post that you like it better as a diagonal for example. This is especially true for candid people shots. If you spent to much time making creative decisions in camera, you might miss the real and natural expression they gave. I hate having my own picture taken. I think it is partly because I have a hard time looking natural when someone is looking at me through a viewfinder. The longer they take to take the picture the worse I look.
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Posted 3/17/2008 11:43:31 AM
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Thank you all for the feed back, just one question where can I get that double bubble level indicator? How does this work? I don't live in the united states but I have plenty of relatives there and currently my mom in-law is on her way to states, so I can always ask her to bring that for me when she comes back....
A person who loses god loses everything, and a person who gets god gets everything.
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Posted 3/17/2008 12:27:12 PM
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| Bhas, You can buy that bubble level at just about any camera gear store. I get most of my equipment from online retailers like B&H or Amazon. It fits on the hotshoe of your camera. ....that's if your camera has a hotshoe.
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Posted 3/17/2008 12:31:39 PM
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Thanks Will, I have just downloaded trial version of ps elements, now lets see how it goes.........
A person who loses god loses everything, and a person who gets god gets everything.
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Posted 3/17/2008 12:34:08 PM
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Bhasmang, I think larger camera shops would sell them and also you can buy them on line. I put in the search term - on camera bubble leveler and got lots of results. On of them was nextag which list different brands and price ranges. They also are built into some tripods or can be bought and added seperately to a tripod. It looked like the most common price was $25 US.
Linda
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Posted 3/17/2008 12:37:52 PM
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Hi Linda, thanks for the help, I will check that up and 25$ is a good price for sure...
A person who loses god loses everything, and a person who gets god gets everything.
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Posted 3/17/2008 4:22:20 PM
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Cherie, I know what you are talking about. Up until about 4 months ago, I lived in north-central AR, and there were hills on the hills, so if you had a fence in your photo, it always ran up or down. Until I learned to compensate (when possible), I got some dings on my photos at DA. Sometimes you just have to go with God's "flow."
Go when you can, go where you can, shoot what you can
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Posted 3/17/2008 5:38:14 PM
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Score the following images. (None in the contest, btw.) These images are clickable links, so click on the image to bring up a full size image.
My scores for these horizon sensitive images are.... 5, 4, 6. (But then, I'm a tough voter.)
 My Top 24
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Posted 3/17/2008 5:55:32 PM
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| hmm maybe I will stick with my flowers..lol..jk.. to be honest, I can't see the huge issue in the second and third ones. So I am kinda bewildered about the issue on those two.. If you wouldnt mind could you please explain further..? those just don't look unlevel to me..hopefully I will learn a new skill here.
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