When I travel, I often see the ideal photographic situation in my mind, but as we all know too often the reality is different. Sometimes powerlines get in the way, other times we can't get close enough to the subject for the best composition. Sometimes the laws of optics interfere with what we want -- such as when it's just not possible to have all the depth of field that would make the picture as you see it. In this shot of whale bones I photographed on the way down to Antarctica, the background was nice in the original shot but it was not dramatic. So, I photographed the bones using the unique perspective of a wide angle lens, and then when I got home I used as the background the awesome Antarctica landscape taken with a telephoto. Note the complete depth of field in this shot made possible because I composited the images. When you do this, you have to make sure the light in both pictures is identical. In this situation, I had overcast conditions in both shots.
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