When it's all said and done, anything that's used by Lightroom/PS to automatically straighten "the horizon" depends on that thing actually being plumb or level.
If the photo wasn't taken square to the reference object the tool won't give a result that looks right. That includes using the hanging lamp as a plumb bob. The photo was taken so far away from the altars that you would think those small errors wouldn't be noticed, but they are. If they can be seen on the screen they will be much more obvious in a print. In the end, I just need to rotate it a little until it looks right. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:57 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: George Sinos > > >> Darren >> >> I think its off a bit too. Rotated just slightly counter-clockwise. >> >> There are a couple of things that are driving me crazy. >> >> I was trying to level the image by drawing a line from the extreme >> ends of the back row of pews. After a couple of tries I figured out >> that the pews on either side of the aisle don't line up. The pews on >> the left are offset several inches from the pews on the right. Duh! I >> should have seen that right away. >> >> I'm beginning to suspect that the decorative work above the columns >> isn't exactly equal on both sides either. >> >> The only thing I think I can trust is the lamp hanging from the center >> of the Apse painting. It's a natural plumb bob. You can't quite see >> it in this photo. Follow the link in the article to the full size >> version on my Smugmug site. When you switch to the full resolution >> version you can see the vertical line of the cable is just slightly >> rotated counter-clockwise. >> >> It'll be right in the final version, but I'll probably need to get >> another dose of patience before then. > > > The railing at the front should be level. Why not use it to align the image? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
