i have real trouble photographing slopes. i mean, how do you show that something is really steep? it always looks "flat" in my pictures
do you know how they film people climbing a very steep mountain in olden day Cantonese movies? the directors ask cinematographer tilt the camera, and let the actors crawl on the ground.sure...let me upload them and point a link here in a few minutes. by the way, i was trying to show the steep walk up to bt timah hill summit with my boys. sigh.
the is no reference of the angle, try shoot from the side of the trail, the trail form leading line upward.I wanted to have a picture of just my boys and nobody else...hmmm...
...this was the best i could do with my e71...nokia...
I wanted to have a picture of just my boys and nobody else...hmmm...
...this was the best i could do with my e71...nokia...
you have to remember that a photograph is a 2d picture.
perspective is a powerful tool. if you put a uniform surface sloping even 80 degrees, it is very steep, but it is uniform, it will have no indication on your photograph that it is 3d, it will just look 2d.
the only way you can indicate the angle of slope is using the sides as reference.
going low here would actually make everything look even more 2d.
then if going low wasnt an option here... what do you suggest?