IF YOU’RE struggling to include foreground details, distant scenery and sky in the same frame then as well as focal length blends you could also try shooting a vertical panorama. For this, use a tripod and take a series of horizontal frames. Start with the camera tilted down at your feet, then move it upwards incrementally while shooting until you’ve covered both foreground and distance. Overlap each by about half the frame, and refocus on the centre part of the image in each so that you record front-to-back sharpness. You can combine the frames using a panorama merging feature like the one in Lightroom/Camera Raw. Simply highlight the set of images, right-click them and choose Merge to Panorama.