Exercise 10: Focal lengths and different viewpoints
(2 or more photographs)
Used from the same place, different lenses give different views. But if you change your viewpoint as you change the lens, you can make a difference in the perspective.
You need one wide-angle lens and one telephoto. The bigger the difference between their focal lenghts, the more dramatic will the result. If you have a zoom lens instead, do the exercise with the zoom control at its shortest and longest settings.
Find a scene that has enough space in front of it to allow you a choice of viewpoint, from near to far. Avoid a flat subject, it must have some depth - a building will do, or a person in a setting. Start with the telephoto lens and make a tightly framed composition - that is, with the subject filling the frame. Study the view through the viewfinder very carefully, and remember the limits at the edges of the frame. Take your shot. Change lenses to the wide angle. Then, in a straight line, walk forward, looking through the viewfinder until the same subject fills the frame. Take the second shot.
Used from the same place, different lenses give different views. But if you change your viewpoint as you change the lens, you can make a difference in the perspective.
You need one wide-angle lens and one telephoto. The bigger the difference between their focal lenghts, the more dramatic will the result. If you have a zoom lens instead, do the exercise with the zoom control at its shortest and longest settings.
Find a scene that has enough space in front of it to allow you a choice of viewpoint, from near to far. Avoid a flat subject, it must have some depth - a building will do, or a person in a setting. Start with the telephoto lens and make a tightly framed composition - that is, with the subject filling the frame. Study the view through the viewfinder very carefully, and remember the limits at the edges of the frame. Take your shot. Change lenses to the wide angle. Then, in a straight line, walk forward, looking through the viewfinder until the same subject fills the frame. Take the second shot.
_My feedback
As I did´t bring again my telephoto lens when I had to do this exercise with my 17-85 mm lens. The first two photograph are taken on 85mm, the third photograph was taken on 17mm.
As I did´t bring again my telephoto lens when I had to do this exercise with my 17-85 mm lens. The first two photograph are taken on 85mm, the third photograph was taken on 17mm.
_I was looking forward to doing this exercise and seeing how different
the subject would look. I decided to do a few more photographs.