Crooked Horizon...

[Boomn4x4]

What's your opinion on shooting a horzion that is naturally crooked, say when shooting on a hill or something.

Here's an example:

You can tell that he's standing straight up and shot itself is level, but due to it being on a hill, the horizon is crooked. Do you straighted it up so that the horizon is straight, or do you leave it as is?

I take a lot of pictures in rolling corn fields like this and I'm hung on the best way to handle it.

 

[skieur]

A horizon tilt tends to be visually distracting whether it is natural or not. I would straighten it.

skieur

 

[Christie Photo]

In this case, it would be unwise to rotate the image. The image includes the many vertical lines of the corn stalks, which are now plumb. Rotating the image would be troubling.

-Pete

 

[Ron Evers]

Sometimes I do & sometimes not - it just depends. There is not any level ground in all of our 10 acres so I understand. Our property drops 100' in elevation front to back.

 

[syphlix]

prob leave it since u have the plants to point up and down... on first glance though it IS distracting and i spend my time trying to figure out if it's crooked instead of looking at the rest of the photo...

 

[Amocholes]

If you rotate it the person will be listing as well as the cornstalks.

 

[o hey tyler]

I find whatever is in the foreground of the frame to be far more distracting than the horizon.

 

[jamesdavidboro]

Yes leave it as it is.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I actually think it could be rotated counter clockwise a few degrees.

 

[sobolik]

In this case, it would be unwise to rotate the image. The image includes the many vertical lines of the corn stalks, which are now plumb. Rotating the image would be troubling.

-Pete

Agreed.

 

[fokker]

I actually think it could be rotated counter clockwise a few degrees.

I thought the same thing

 

[Phranquey]

Well, instead of debating it, why not try it and see...... :er:

Looks fine to me.

 

[Ron Evers]

I actually think it could be rotated counter clockwise a few degrees.

I wondered. Now, a few I take it is more than one & the unit of measure is degree, not minute or second. So taking the minimum increment to be two degrees I applied that & this is the result.

 

[fokker]

Ron, you have rotated the picture clockwise

But I have to say I think I prefer it with the level horizon.

 

[Light Artisan]

Slanted horizons bug the crap out of me, natural or not... if it has to be crooked I need to know why in the photograph - which usually means a wider view.

The edit looks much more acceptable to me - and the man doesn't look like he's going to tip over at all.

Now clone out that 'thing' on the bottom, that's almost more annoying than the crooked horizon.