Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Medley wrote: > > However, the intimacy that I was referring to is as much of an > intangible feeling as one of equipment selection. When you use a long > lens for that "intimate" view of another life or situation you are > removing yourself from the close contact that makes the photograph > sing. Longer focal lenths can very effectively create great intimacy with the subject, if used carefully. I've seen a number of very successful photographs taken with mid-range telephotos (100-200mm) that depict someone who is slightly disconnected from their immidiate environment. The slightly compressed "perspective" of the mid-telephoto lens can highlight this further, creating an empathic bond between the viewer of the photograph and the subject (although this will obviously be unidirectional). Sens moral 1: Apart from the physically impossible, there is nothing that cannot be done with any particular (group of) lens(es). This is particularly true of the emotive aspects of photography. It's up to the photographer. Sens moral 2: When you work in academia, you sooner or later develop a style of writing impenetrable drivel ;-) M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho