Compromised Photography

Photographing this sandstone fin in Arches National Park required a much wider focal length than the 35mm FOV on my Fujifilm X100VI. The compromise was to turn the camera vertically, take a series of images, then stitch them together rather than a single exposure using a much wider focal length lens. Being that I have a degree in geology, the folding and deformation of these rocks was fascinating to me so the extra effort was worth it. (click to enlarge)Over the past year and a half, I’ve traveled as well as repeatedly gone out and photographed with a camera and one single focal length lens. Two examples would be using my Fujifilm X100VI or Ricoh GRIIIx. Photographing with a single focal length lens is both old and new for me. It is old as that is the way I photographed the first three years of my photographic journey. At first, I only had a Minolta Hi-Matic 7 with a fixed 45mm f/1.8 lens (1971). That was it. When I bought my first SLR, a Minolta SRT-101 (1972), it came with a 55mm…