Zanzo opened this issue on Dec 14, 2009 ยท 70 posts
bagginsbill posted Fri, 18 December 2009 at 8:58 AM
Real photo, not a render, showing where the horizon appears on buildings from a helicopter viewpoint.
Observe that the directly viewed horizon is even with the reflected horizon, and both are at an apparent elevation matching the camera elevation.
Tilting the camera up or down doesn't change this. The horizon appears on a building at the same elevation as the camera is, regardless of the cameras orientation. If you can see the building, the horizon will be reflected there.
Angles of reflections are only affected by the cameras position, not its orientation. That's why they don't jump around when you turn the camera to a different place.
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