Deadvlei is so unreal to us, that it's impossible not to get shocked when in that place. I think I chose a similar point of view to yours, but a different tree:
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5301/88448861ncmd5bondeadvle.jpg)
About your image, I think shifting a wide angle TS lens is not the most recommended way for landscape photography. You get the same perspective and FOV as with an ultra wide angle lens, so elements near the left and right ends get severely distorted. In this case it would be better to use some cylindrical projection, just keeping the horizon perfectly horizontal. This is easily achieved with any Panorama software and can even be done starting from your TS linear composite, it's just a change in the kind of projection to compress information near the ends.
Regards
Deadvlei is so unreal to us, that it's impossible not to get shocked when in that place. I think I chose a similar point of view to yours, but a different tree:
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5301/88448861ncmd5bondeadvle.jpg)
About your image, I think shifting a wide angle TS lens is not the most recommended way for landscape photography. You get the same perspective and FOV as with an ultra wide angle lens, so elements near the left and right ends get severely distorted. In this case it would be better to use some cylindrical projection, just keeping the horizon perfectly horizontal. This is easily achieved with any Panorama software and can even be done starting from your TS linear composite, it's just a change in the kind of projection to compress information near the ends.
Regards
I would not agree with that at all. The result with a tilt shift lens or a view camera with lens movements is a far superior way of creating panoramics especially when the subject is close to the camera. You are open to a lot of problems with an accurate stitch. More so when you have areas with patterns or details.
I shoot 70% of my images with wide angle lenses which I than stitch to panos. You just need to consider how to locate the subjects located along near the sides of the image.