I recently had the Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 tilt-shift lens on loan for a week from Canon Professional Services. It was one of the lenses I made sure to bring with me when I went to the Top of the Rock Observation Deck. A neat feature of tilt-shift lenses is the ability to manipulate depth of field by tilting the lens left/right or shifting up/down.
For this photo, I aimed my camera towards Brooklyn, NY and then tilted the lens to the right at the Empire State Building. This is to achieve “selective” focus which renders surrounding buildings out-of-focus. Had a lot of fun playing around with this lens, definitely useful in many situations.
New York, NY
