Re: Shooting for RBTs

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see Greg commented on this too...

>There are legitimate situations why you would NOT want a shot to be
>"level"; for example when photographing the front end of a car which
>is parked on sloped ground such that the grille nearly fills the frame.
>The car was parked such that the ground sloped from high on the left
>to low on the right, looking straight at the car.  If you took
>the shot with the camera "level", the car's grille would not be square
>to the frame.  Since you can't see the horizon, in this case it doesn't
>matter that the camera is tilted with respect to "level".
>       -Greg W.

Good example Greg!  I might add that there are even situations where
tilting the camera has no effect whatsoever because there is no frame of
references.  If you take a picture from the top looking down on a round
table with people sitting on it, tilt is not defined.  Same if you take the
pciture with the camera in the floor and a bunch of people looking from the
top down.  I just projected such picture tonight.  It can be projected
upside down with no change in the basic idea (just different people appear
at the "top" vs. "bottom".

-- George Themelis


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