Thoughts on tilting images

[Sparrow]

Thoughts on tilting images ... 😀

 

[Black]

*cocks head*

For a minute there, I thought it said "titling images". Maybe someone should create a thread about that? 😀

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

It's for the adventuring adventurous.

 

[Godfrey]

Thoughts on tilting images ... 😀

Hmm. This one doesn't quite work for me. I'd have kept the building level and let the street's natural tilt work.

It's for the adventuring adventurous.

This one works nicely ... all the lines strengthen the focus of the photo.

G

 

[Rob-F]

You know, I thought it said "tilting" too. And you know what? I just took a close look: I think it does say "tilting."

 

[Black]

Hmm. This one doesn't quite work for me. I'd have kept the building level and let the street's natural tilt work.

G

The building is level 🙄

 

[FrankS]

Hmm. This one doesn't quite work for me. I'd have kept the building level and let the street's natural tilt work.

This one works nicely ... all the lines strengthen the focus of the photo.

G

I feel the opposite. There is a reason for the tilt in the first pic.

When a horizon of water is involved, there had better be a really good/strong reason for a tilt, otherwise I find it unacceptable.

 

[Monz]

Walking the Walk by *monz*, on Flickr

[Widelux F7, 26mm f2.8, HP5+ rated at EI 800, Rodinal 1+50 for 16min at 20C]

The camera wasn't quite level when I took this shot; so I rotated it in Photoshop. I couldn't bring myself to crop the rotated image.

 

[Godfrey]

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[Widelux F7, 26mm f2.8, HP5+ rated at ISO 800, Rodinal 1+50 for 16min at 20C]

The camera wasn't quite level when I took this shot; so I rotated it in Photoshop. I couldn't bring myself to crop the rotated image.

And it works beautifully just like that! 🙂

 

[NY_Dan]

Thoughts on tilting images ... 😀

I like naturally tilting images like yours -- pretty color palate too. 99.9 percent of the time I hate photographs that are deliberately tilted. Are the photographers drunk? To me, deliberate tilting is done when a photographer doesn't have, or can't find The shot. It's a gimmick, a contrivance, and to me, in my humble opinion is indicative of a photographer who doesn't have chops, or is having an off day. There, I said it.

 

[kxl]

I think a tilt works well either: A) to strengthen or is within the context of a single image; or B) as a 'change of pace' in a series of non-tilted images.

Here's my example of B -- slightly tilted image to underscore the sense of dilapidation of the ramshackle homes.

 

[FrankS]

I prefer a balanced tilt.

 

[rhl-oregon]

We need a windmill in here stat.

 

[NY_Dan]

We need a windmill in here stat.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Sparrow]

I prefer a balanced tilt.

Hi Frank ... strange, but I thought about that photo when I first posted

 

[FrankS]

Hi Frank ... strange, but I thought about that photo when I first posted

Thanks! 🙂

 

[Sparrow]

Hmm. This one doesn't quite work for me. I'd have kept the building level and let the street's natural tilt work.

G

So sadly you'll not care for this one either ...


R0011859 par Sparrow ... Stewart Mcbride, on ipernity

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I'm a big fan of tilted frames.

Here's one: a coffee place in Chicago, with my M4-2 on its maiden voyage (with me). I tilted it because I wanted the whole image. It can be seen horizontal or vertical... And will be printed and framed in the near future.

This one was done a couple of years later. Reasoning for tilting? The same: wanted to capture the whole scene... and add an unexpected angle to the image. Again, I like doing this...

Cheers!

 

[daveleo]

I do it when I must . . . . (hanging out a window in Rome, Italy)
🙂

 

[Rob-F]

Could we have a thread on titling tilting images? I would start one, but I don't have any.