Buildings are not always level

While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.

jjs wrote:
While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.


Hey! By adjusting the camera properly, you can make the leaning tower of
Pisa stand up straight. ;-)

Actually, you could not because it started to lean as they were building
it and they tried to compensate. But if you could correct it, you would
remove all interest from the image.

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jjs wrote:
While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.


Hey! By adjusting the camera properly, you can make the leaning tower of
Pisa stand up straight. ;-)

Actually, you could not because it started to lean as they were building
it and they tried to compensate. But if you could correct it, you would
remove all interest from the image.

--
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/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
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jjs wrote:
While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.


Hey! By adjusting the camera properly, you can make the leaning tower of
Pisa stand up straight. ;-)

Actually, you could not because it started to lean as they were building
it and they tried to compensate. But if you could correct it, you would
remove all interest from the image.

--
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/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
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"Jean-David Beyer" wrote in message
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Hey! By adjusting the camera properly, you can make the leaning tower of
Pisa stand up straight. ;-)

As you mentioned (Snipped, sorry), the Piza is truly remarkable. They made
all kinds of adjustments in its balance to make it work out. Left, right,
down balance, the works. Kinda reminds me of American History writers.

"Jean-David Beyer" wrote in message
...

Hey! By adjusting the camera properly, you can make the leaning tower of
Pisa stand up straight. ;-)

As you mentioned (Snipped, sorry), the Piza is truly remarkable. They made
all kinds of adjustments in its balance to make it work out. Left, right,
down balance, the works. Kinda reminds me of American History writers.

"jjs" wrote in message ...
While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.


This is very prevalent here in Mexico. you can stay trying to level
everything until the cows come home and you will always get a door
way, column, or wall leaning one way or other. The trick is to balance
everything so that the composition is pleasant. In photo.net, there is
athread about a person buying a special gizmo to level the camera to
the tune of $500, he better not come to Mexico or he is going to be
very frustrated....:-)

"jjs" wrote in message ...
While I think of it - for new viewcamera people - So you leveled your
camera, made perfect rise, triple checked all levels and the building is
still not level in the frame? Newsflash. Many old buildings are not
level! You might level the roof and find some doors, walls or windows
canted, or visa-versa. Funny how we don't always notice that in the frame,
but at the leisure of the lighttable, *argh*.

So, is it better to just show the building As Is or go to the fantastic
trouble of making it "look right"? Your decision.


This is very prevalent here in Mexico. you can stay trying to level
everything until the cows come home and you will always get a door
way, column, or wall leaning one way or other. The trick is to balance
everything so that the composition is pleasant. In photo.net, there is
athread about a person buying a special gizmo to level the camera to
the tune of $500, he better not come to Mexico or he is going to be
very frustrated....:-)

Well, I think that I rremember that even ol' Ansel admonished us that we should
keep some distortion in a photograph because it looks unnatural when a building
appears to be completely rectilinear.

argon

Well, I think that I rremember that even ol' Ansel admonished us that we should
keep some distortion in a photograph because it looks unnatural when a building
appears to be completely rectilinear.

argon