12 Positioning the horizon

When photographing a land scape. Many factors can come into play. Depending on the area, time of day, and the weather. The lens used . Most tend to use wide angle, or panoramic view. However, for this I used a standard  17-40 Wide Angle. A telephoto can also be used. Not the super wide I would have normally used. The next 4 photos here have been taken at 6.30 mp, on the sea front of Kotakinabalu.  The first top photograph taken with the Horizon at its lowest then the second just below mid way.

As the law of thirds and threes comes in to play in landscape photography. Never put the horizon in the middle, as It just cuts the photo in half. The last two, the horizon is more to the top. 3rd of the frame.

 6 photographs were asked here . So the next two were taken els where .

Placing the horizon depends what is in the picture , the theme and point of focus.

F5 1/800 sec 17mm 30d

       

F5 1/640

      

F5 1/500

F5 1/320

The next two photographs give an example to how fore ground and a distance subject effects the composition, where the horizon should be placed.

Taken on a canon a640 compact 1/1000 sec F 4 7.3 mm

     

The above photograph has the horizon almost to the bottom, leading the eye to the far  back of the photograph.  When at sea level the distance always appears grater then it really is. The clouds being the main subject fills the picture. With a nice triangle composition. 

       Taken with 160mm F11  1/800 sec

    

This last photograph being a total contrast to the above, shows how the Horizon has been taken 1/4 of the way from the top . Any higher and the balance from the sky would have been lost any lower and the subject would have felt squashed. By using this composition,

The over all balance give a relaxing mood. A pensiveness from the three tones. I could have excluded the horizon altogether, In doing so would have lost the hole tranquil setting and just mad it a picture of a lady with an umbrella. Adding the clear sky says its a calm relaxed HOT day. In saying this. The point in the horizon is lost. As there is no pint of focus beyond.