[Leica] IMG: Maggie at the helm - opinions wanted.

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at 
comcast.net>wrote:

> Although the surrounding text might dictate doing something else, tilted
> horizons always disturb me in marine scenes.  The cropped, squared version
> also emphasizes the heel of the boat.
>


I'm thinking the same thing, and if the article is for a sailing mag, they
will most certainly want a square horizon.



>
>
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>
> > I have a picture of my wife at the helm of a sailboat that I want to use
> in
> > an article about women who sail. The first, with the heeled boat and the
> > tilted horizon, is how the scene subjectively felt. I don't know of
> anyone
> > who became seasick by looking at it but some people are disturbed by the
> > angle.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Maggie+tilted.jpg.html
> >
> > The second picture is rotated and cropped so that the horizon is level.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Maggie+at+the+helm.jpg.html
> >
> > Opinions wanted.
> >
> > Larry Z
> >
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