On Tuesday evening we welcomed Clair Cater to give a talk on focal length for landscapes. Claire showed us some amazing images all chosen to show the different focal lengths and their creative potential. She explained how zooming in and out changes the composition and also that the best lens depends on the photographs goal and the environment.
Using zoom lenses allows you to choose different focal lengths
A 16m lens gives a 96 field degree view emphasising the depth of the background and big skies.
24-105m lens makes the subject important and the background more prominent. The image is all about the middle distant with less depth of field
With a100-300m lens the foreground and background will appear closer together. This is to create more intimacy between the subject and the background and to distort the perspective. Objects closer in the foreground looks smaller as oppose to those further away looking larger. The more you zoom in the more you can play about with the depth of field.
Using zoom lens abstract details from the landscape and helps to add drama. The photographer can get several different views of the same image by using different focal lengths.
I am sure that many of the members will try out some of her very useful suggestions.
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