Garry Winogrand, when asked why he didn't keep the horizon level, replied something to them effect that it was because it's not level in the real world.
Claude Chabrol, and indeed other film directors, often tilt it quite subtly to instil a sense of unease and a feeling that something is out of whack, as if you're suddenly adrift. B > On 11 Jul 2015, at 13:16, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Paul! > > I did notice the slight tilt when I was processing but I decided to leave it. > Most of the buildings in Kensington are old (by Toronto standards) and the > neighbourhood is populated by non-conformists, punks, neo-hippies and the > like. Some of buildings are actually a bit tilted. > > The tilt was purposely left alone in this photo. Whether it would be better > straightened or not is up to the viewer but it's there quite purposely. > > Thanks for the comment! > > Cheers, > > frank > >> On 9 July, 2015 9:42:25 PM EDT, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Nice shot, great venue. I'd like to see it rotated a bit to straighten >> out the verticals. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:27 PM, frank theriault >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I got down to Toronto's Kensington Market on the weekend. I'd never >>>>> noticed this little alleyway before, with the row houses at the >> end. >>>>> No room for cars, just pedestrians, which is pretty cool to me: >>>>> >>>>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/07/alleyway-in-market.html >>>>> >>>>> Typically colourful Kensington. >>>>> >>>>> -- 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.
