Heading out yesterday to shoot some birds with a friend of mine. I usually carry a wide angle in my pocket. I only had my 150-600 Sport and tripod just before sunrise. I noticed that the fog was going to be thinker down by the river, so we headed that way. Just before the river, we passed by a meadow that we often view a kestrel hunting from atop the cottonwood tree at its periphery. To my amazement, the entire meadow was now under water. The rains from the past week had filled the area which I had never seen with water. This was just a few minutes before the sun worked its magic on the fog layer and began to cut through. There I was with my long lens and a wonderful scene designed perfectly for the wide angle lens. So I improvised a bit and began taking images of the scene in a vertical panorama, hoping to later piece together an image that might work out. Well, here is what I came up with. Several shots exposed one above the other, then post, I realigned them into a single vertical shot. Not the best image as I didn't have the wider lens, but it shows you can get creative and solve some issues out in the field. Enjoy.

Heading out yesterday to shoot some birds with a friend of mine. I usually carry a wide angle in my pocket. I only had my 150-600 Sport and tripod just before sunrise. I noticed that the fog was going to be thinker down by the river, so we headed that way. Just before the river, we passed by a meadow that we often view a kestrel hunting from atop the cottonwood tree at its periphery. To my amazement, the entire meadow was now under water. The rains from the past week had filled the area which I had never seen with water. This was just a few minutes before the sun worked its magic on the fog layer and began to cut through. There I was with my long lens and a wonderful scene designed perfectly for the wide angle lens. So I improvised a bit and began taking images of the scene in a vertical panorama, hoping to later piece together an image that might work out. Well, here is what I came up with. Several shots exposed one above the other, then post, I realigned them into a single vertical shot. Not the best image as I didn't have the wider lens, but it shows you can get creative and solve some issues out in the field. Enjoy.

Heading out yesterday to shoot some birds with a friend of mine. I usually carry a wide angle in my pocket. I only had my 150-600 Sport and tripod just before sunrise. I noticed that the fog was going to be thinker down by the river, so we headed that way. Just before the river, we passed by a meadow that we often view a kestrel hunting from atop the cottonwood tree at its periphery. To my amazement, the entire meadow was now under water. The rains from the past week had filled the area which I had never seen with water. This was just a few minutes before the sun worked its magic on the fog layer and began to cut through. There I was with my long lens and a wonderful scene designed perfectly for the wide angle lens. So I improvised a bit and began taking images of the scene in a vertical panorama, hoping to later piece together an image that might work out. Well, here is what I came up with. Several shots exposed one above the other, then post, I realigned them into a single vertical shot. Not the best image as I didn't have the wider lens, but it shows you can get creative and solve some issues out in the field. Enjoy.