Confused: Horizon Unlevel

[wannabe pilot]

Hi everyone, my first post here. Just after a bit of help!

I have had some serious trouble trying to get a shot of a Bmi A320 at Dublin accepted (3 rejections. so far!), all because of the horizon.

Here's the first attempt:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewreject_b.php?id=1515720 - with this one I levelled the runway, because I thought it looked 'right' for the aircraft to be on a level suface.

Second attempt:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewreject_b.php?id=1521722 - I though the first one could have been rejected because of the apparent leaning lamp posts. So I tried levelling this one according to the posts.

Third attempt:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewreject_b.php?id=1528814 - On the second rejection I appealed, and the screener said that the terminal was un-level. So this time I ran right along the top line of the terminal roof, and levelled it accordingly. It's a bit of an optical illusion, and appears to be slanting down to the left. But I've tried it several times in Photoshop, and it does infact appear to be correct. I think one problem is the vertical grey poles on the front of the terminal; they are actually coming out towards the frame because the roof extends out over the terminal. This gives the impression of them leaning.

I hope someone can help, and let me know what I'm doing so wrong!

Cheers..

[LX-A343]

Second and third attempt are the same.

[Thebuzu]

I would take those 'extensions' (Those rooms on the roof) as my reference point.

Ruben

[wannabe pilot]

Sorry, had accidentally copied the same link twice! I have now changed it.

[Thebuzu]

I don't know but it seems level to me, since you're shooting at an angle.

Watch out you have dust spots in your upper left hand corner

[brianw999]

Using the roof "extensions" verticals it comes out as a 1 degree CCW rotation using your second shot where you used the lamposts as a reference. Incidentally, not one of those lampposts gives the same reading !!

As investment bankers say..."always rely on bricks and mortar for a solid investment"


This is the result. ( Note: Image degradation due to resizing and compression )

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1...17651v2pa7.jpg

[wannabe pilot]

Cheers for the advice guys, I'll give it one last go.