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cpaulfell
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:20 pm
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In a shot like this something is always going to look out-of-plane/skew/not level.
What should be held level...the river/river bank or the bridge?
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ruxpriencdiam
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:32 pm
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Just set the camera on the tripod level and shoot it.
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mikenorton
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:50 pm
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I say the river/river bank. The horizon is your constant not the bridge. Bridges can be built going in almost any direction but the horizon needs to appear to be as flat as the world was in 1491. If you do as Barry pointed out the river/river bank will most likely be level.
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cpaulfell
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:53 pm
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Thank you
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jeffbanke
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:28 pm
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| mikenorton wrote: | | I say the river/river bank. The horizon is your constant not the bridge. Bridges can be built going in almost any direction but the horizon needs to appear to be as flat as the world was in 1491. If you do as Barry pointed out the river/river bank will most likely be level. |
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dhogan
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:50 pm
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Is that The Sauk River?
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cpaulfell
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:04 pm
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| dhogan wrote: | | Is that The Sauk River? |
I think it is the Skykomish?
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dhogan
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:27 pm
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Yes, that's The Skykomish up near Gold Bar. Beautiful country. You should take a drive up Hwy 20 -- The North Cascades Highway -- and see The Skagit and Sauk Rivers.
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cpaulfell
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:30 pm
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That is on my agenda for this summer. This will be my first summer home since 2006 and I am going to do the trip on two wheels.
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evaners
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:56 am
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| cpaulfell wrote: | | That is on my agenda for this summer. This will be my first summer home since 2006 and I am going to do the trip on two wheels. |
Man, that sounds tough. I've seen stunt drivers drive a car on two wheels, but only for a lap around a track. I can't imagine driving through the mountains like that. Have you been practicing so you'll be ready by the summer?
Oh wait, maybe you meant on a motorcycle. Nevermind.
Enjoy the trip anyway!
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banepetkovic
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:00 am
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| cpaulfell wrote: | In a shot like this something is always going to look out-of-plane/skew/not level.
What should be held level...the river/river bank or the bridge? |
Pillars should be strictly vertical.
You should get your camera lower(if it's not possible get closer with wider lens).
That will show us hidden background landscape below the bridge and move the bridge up to mask awfull sky a little bit.
Try to find some interesting rocks and put them in front of the lens if they are not too heavy. Shooting landscapes is a hard job :)
If you do that in right time of the day you will have excellent foreground (rocks), middleground (bridge) and background (distant landscape under the bridge) with a nice contrast between bridge and the blue sky (off course if you use cpl filter). You almost don't need clouds with that composition :)
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wiml
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:49 am
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| mikenorton wrote: | | I say the river/river bank. The horizon is your constant not the bridge. Bridges can be built going in almost any direction but the horizon needs to appear to be as flat as the world was in 1491. If you do as Barry pointed out the river/river bank will most likely be level. |
Who dares to argue with Mike, one of the masters here of nature photography ;)
I would also go for the river bank, on instinct.
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mikenorton
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:08 pm
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| wiml wrote: | | mikenorton wrote: | | I say the river/river bank. The horizon is your constant not the bridge. Bridges can be built going in almost any direction but the horizon needs to appear to be as flat as the world was in 1491. If you do as Barry pointed out the river/river bank will most likely be level. |
Who dares to argue with Mike, one of the masters here of nature photography ;)
I would also go for the river bank, on instinct. |
Make that landscape photography. To me nature means animals and I don't photograph animals.
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rinder99
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:27 pm
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I've shot the Skagit Many times and painted it even more.And one of the best scenes you can shoot or witness in person. From Bellingham, Wash to Idaho. Have fun and shoot everything.
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wiml
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:10 am
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| mikenorton wrote: | | wiml wrote: | | mikenorton wrote: | | I say the river/river bank. The horizon is your constant not the bridge. Bridges can be built going in almost any direction but the horizon needs to appear to be as flat as the world was in 1491. If you do as Barry pointed out the river/river bank will most likely be level. |
Who dares to argue with Mike, one of the masters here of nature photography ;)
I would also go for the river bank, on instinct. |
Make that landscape photography. To me nature means animals and I don't photograph animals. |
My apologies sir Norton, Landscape Photography it is;)
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