Basic Tilt-Shift Simplified

[Don Burkett]

The great thing about the TS is the ability to manipulate the plane of focus so that the foreground and background are in focus. The opposite can be achieved as well so that only a small part of the image is in focus. I am liking the 24mm for landscapes on a 5D MII. But, I

[Don Burkett]

In this example, I wanted the entire scene in focus but also enough shutter speed to freeze the flags at the end of the pier. It was shot with TE-S24mm f/3.5L II - ISO 640 f/8 at 1/160th.


Without TS-E the aperture needed to capture the scene would not have yielded enough shutter speed. The image was processed as a single image HDR to get some vibrancy while holding the texture of the sky.

[Jonathan Huyer]

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This is a good topic... thanks for bringing it up and sharing your experiences. I also use the "focus to distance, tilt to closest" approach, but I repeat it a few times. When you make the first tilt, the focus of the distance item is usually thrown off slightly. So I readjust that, and then readjust the tilt. And then I repeat the process at least one more time. With live view and 10x zoom, it's not that hard. However, when you're dealing with a very cold winter sunrise shot, all that fiddling with dials can be a little painful on the bare fingers...... (but still worth it). This shot is with the 24 mm TS-E. The rocks in the foreground are inches away from the lens, and the peak of the mountain came out tack sharp. I still used f/16 to be safe, and the 1/3 second exposure helped to smooth a few ripples on the water as well.


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