swa 737-700

[maurice jolly]

within the first week of getting my first dslr camera or any camera for that matter. a nikon d50. shot this one through a chain link fence, what do you think.

[AgingEyes]

It's a photo of an airplane. The runway in the foreground could be a bit less. May be a bit more sky. Unless you intentionally tilted your camera for some reason, most photographs do not look like tilted like what you have here.

I think they allow you to post bigger picture :-)

[Coastal Flyer]

Maurice,

Aging has some correct comments; it's an airplane and you could lose some of the runway in the foreground, but, having said that it looks like you got the focus correct, the pan effect is good to have captured the entire aircraft, exposier is pretty good as the sky is not blown out. With respect to the tilt, I do not see tilt. Your horizon is fine. If Aging is referring to the tilt of the airplane, then I think that can be explained by the fact the airplane is just landing, thus the nose-up attitude. Congrats on getting a digital camera, and hope to see more from you soon.

CF

[AgingEyes]

Maurice,

With respect to the tilt, I do not see tilt. Your horizon is fine. If Aging is referring to the tilt of the airplane, then I think that can be explained by the fact the airplane is just landing, thus the nose-up attitude.
CF

Well, with all due respect, perhaps you focused too much on the plane?

By it looks tilt, I am referring to the line on the runway and the bottom frame. I don't think they're parallel at all. Look at the far side of the runway, too. Look at the building on the left of the photo and compare it to the horizon on the right. The right seems higher.

Or, go to Photoshop and the like, or just put a grid on top of the photo and check the lines of the grid against the lines on the photo.

It's about 2.5 degree tilted.

[gahspidy]

I agree there is a tilt, counterclockwise a bit. Aside from that, the focus is too tight on the plane unless you are documenting various types of planes for review.
Loosen up your framing of the subject and allow the surroundings to compliment it. your focus looks good as well as the exposure and color. It looks light the lighting was in your favor.
You can post your images as large as 640pixels at the longest side. a larger image to view would be helpful for the rest of us.

[SmartWombat]

Nope, building on the left and line on the right are spot on level.
Antennas/lights by the building look vertical.
Mountains behind look right, too.
I think it's because the image is not shot straight side on to the plane.
It's just perspective.

[Greg McCary]

I agree it seems tilted. Maybe the plane is shot level but was actually leaning upwards. Other that waht has already been stated I feel it's to centered. More sky and less foregound would have helped.

[AgingEyes]

I think it's because the image is not shot straight side on to the plane.

That's the only reason I could think of.

If it was shot straight side on to the plane, it's tilted.