Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>In a message dated 6/26/99 3:41:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >gbennett@club-internet.fr writes: ><snip> ><< to my mind, the wider focal lengths seem to be most useful for two kinds of > shots - on the one hand, drawing attention to a dominent foreground element > while emphasizing its spatial relationship with the background and, on the > other, giving a sweeping 'vista' type shot, a scene seen from a distance > including a vast amount of visual information >> > >I've always found wide angles (especially in conjunction with perspective >control shifts) the most useful for interior shots and close-quarter shots in >cities (tight shots with very little foreground-background emphasis really). >Using wa's for scenics has always disappointed me. These days there are some >convenient options (panoramic cameras and camera backs, digital "stitching" >software) that allow me to use a normal lens to record those sweeping vistas >with a foreground-bakground perspective closer to what I actually saw at the >time. >DT dt, i also like those interiour and city shots, though i find it difficult to avoid convergence, with all those vertical lines (i use an m6 and don't have access to pc lenses). also, if i'm not careful, interiours shot with a wide angle usually wind up including one or two egg-heads (though i rarely photograph intellectuals) sitting too near the edge of the frame. regarding wide-angle scenics, i kind of like being able to include foreground and big sky + clouds, something the panoramic camera doesn't allow me to do. guy