Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]charles harris wrote: > Thanks for the good words. I've heard here many times from those who have an > objection of sorts to tilted shots. At my own risk I can simply say that I > don't understand that. While obviously there are those shots that aren't > square (not dimensionally, but visually) that feel out of balance, but those > are usually either somebody trying to get fancy (and failing) or > carelessness. > > May I point you to a couple of shots that succeed visually by being "off the > dime". As a matter of fact, horizontal alignment probably would ruin them. > At least in my own opinion.... > > http://charlesharris.com/pop/cen_9.html > http://charlesharris.com/pop/fol_9.html Hi Charles, I did not say that I ALWAYS dislike tilted shots, only that I USUALLY do so. In the case of your hotel window shot the tilt works well and adds to the image. In the case of these two additional shots I do not think that they succeed. I find that there is a tendency nowadays to tilt the camera for no apparent reason, also in advertising photography etc. I guess it is an attempt to make the images stand out from the crowd, but in most instances I find that it just does not work. But that is my opinion only, so take it however you wish. Kind regards, Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html