Scroll through to see the three hacks used to create this image.

What you see is, not always, what you get. This image is my interpretation of the famous Multnomah waterfall in Oregon. There are, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of images of this very waterfall in various seasons. When I visited it, I did not want to create an image that looked like everyone else’s. So I took some (ok, a lot of) creative liberty to present this scene in what I thought would be a unique light. Art is subjective and open to interpretation. I for one firmly believe that fine-art photographers must use the tools at their disposal (both hardware and software) to produce an end result that is arresting, controversial, beautiful.

But what do you think? Are you someone who prefers that photographs mirror the real world as close as possible or do you like a healthy dose of artistic license?

This is a 3 image vertical panorama captured on the Canon 500D using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens at 18mm, f/14, ISO 100, 1 sec.