Hi Whirley, hows things going for you these days.
You notice I post here on a random basis, that is because I usually don't have the time avaliable to be a regular.
For the purpose of this discussion regarding where to look when landing any flying device it is not black magic, you only need to get the picture that will best allow you to smoothly control the rate of decent and change your flight path so as to arrive at the desided touch down point in the best attitude for the device you are in at the moment.....
..and looking way into the far distance is not the best method to use...
..lets look at another senario....you are rolling out of a steep turn at low altitude in a flying device applying chemicals to a farm field ( I think its called Aerial application ) You are in a relatively steep nose down attitude having just passed a tree line and you want to flare as close to the start of the field as possible and be two feet above the crop. to start your application run.
How long would you live if you looked a mile ahead to judge your height for the flare?
Chuck E.