Every time I see an explination of the Scheimpflug Rule it includes an example like a rock in the foreground and then a mountain (which is much higher) as the far point. Using front tilt, tilting the standard forward allows the film plane, subject plane and lens plane to meet at a single point. I understand this much and have used it successfully in the field.
What to you do though when your foreground is higher than the background. See first picture attached - I shot this a week ago (one of the first exposures I made with my new Chamonix!). I simplly used the focus near, focus far, observe distance in between, focus at the middle point and stop down. Incidentally, the results using this method were not that succesful for this shot, as with my 135 stopped down to F32 I didn't get adequate sharpness throughout the image.
In this situation, can I use front tilt, except tilting the front standard backwards? See my little sketch -red lines represent film plance, lens plane and subject plane. To me this should work, but I've never tried it in the field. I have tilted the front standard backwards before (and the rear forwards) but only to get most of the image out of focus.
Tim
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