Tom Robbins
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It has become a habit while photographing landscapes for me to shift my 24, 45, or 90mm tilt-shift lenses to take multiple images of a scene and then merge them later. The result is an image with greater resolution than a single frame from my Canon 5DIII which, more importantly, enables a choice of aspect ratio that fits the subject. Of course, one can easily crop a single frame and accomplish the same thing, but doing so requires tossing some pixels.
One of the hazards of using this method is when any kind of movement in the scene occurs between shifted exposures. Today's software does a remarkable job merging files, but there are limits to what it can do. The first of these two images has a cloud located behind a tree in the sky. The same cloud reflected in the water is off to the right a bit. The cloud was sailing by fast that winter morning and, well, you can see the result.
Anyway, both photos were taken at a local county forest preserve. Judging from the numerous bobbers stranded in tree branches, it's a very well-used fishing hole.
Kishwaukee River in Winter
Kishwaukee River in Summer
One of the hazards of using this method is when any kind of movement in the scene occurs between shifted exposures. Today's software does a remarkable job merging files, but there are limits to what it can do. The first of these two images has a cloud located behind a tree in the sky. The same cloud reflected in the water is off to the right a bit. The cloud was sailing by fast that winter morning and, well, you can see the result.
Anyway, both photos were taken at a local county forest preserve. Judging from the numerous bobbers stranded in tree branches, it's a very well-used fishing hole.
Kishwaukee River in Winter
Kishwaukee River in Summer