Incidentally this is why everyone who stands at the bottom of a
building and takes a shot up at it is disappointed with the lack of
looming in the final image. You need some context.
Someone get this man a cable talk show!
Tue Apr 15 2003 18:30 Straight Talk About Cameras:
From Gary Benson:
The reason your precarious picture doesn't look precarious is perhaps
a lack of context: you know that the drop is steep, but there is no
non-steep stuff in the shot. If you had got the horizon in there it
might have looked more precipitous.
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