An "EXTREMIST"! Who … Me?
Lately I've been taking pictures with a nice-sized zoom lens … a Nikon 200-500mm that enables me to fill the frame with subjects I can't always get close to.
I just got a really good deal on an ULTRA WIDE ANGLE lens … a Nikon 10-20mm … which, one would think would be best used to include scenes significantly wider than what we can see in our normal field of vision …
NOT SO!
In the day or two I've used this lens, I'm learning that the most interesting shots appear to be the ones in which I get close to main subject, then zoom the lens out to take in as much of what I initially closed in on … YEAH! IT DOES SOUND ASS-BACKWARDS, I know!
For sure I'll be using this lens for scenics, but, just as long as there is enough main content to prevent pictures from looking pretty much main-subject free.
So, long lens … short lens … I'm not spending any time lately as a "middle-man".
I guess that makes me something of an extremist .
Here's my first shot of a close subject (about 8-10 inches away) zoomed out.
If it looks a little "different," it's supposed to.
© A. Mac/A.G.
Oxeye Daisies, Just enough distortion to take it slightly out of the cliche mode … maybe.
© A. Mac/A.G.
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Hey … I'm gettin' WIDTH it!
The thing about ultra-wide angle lenses is they tend to distort the subject. Sometimes that's desired, otherwise can it be a problem?
ultra-wide angle lenses is they tend to distort the subject. Sometimes that's desired, otherwise can it be a problem?
I think it depends on two things … the objective, picture-by-picture of the photographer, and, whether or not any given viewer "accepts" any give image as "viable".
I just took some additional shots … and they are somewhat "distorted," on the other hand, so are many of the most famous works of art.
Will post some new shots shortly.
I have no problem with ass backwards, Mac.
Great photo.
I have no problem with ass backwards, Mac.
In that case, feel free to BUTT in.
I like it!
I like the 2nd one even more!
You have to look closely, but it's the first time I ever caught a hummingbird in flight, or in any other way...It's a first after a year of trying...No laughing.
What a lovely view!!! Thanks!
Thanks Dowser.
Any time anyone is able to photograph a Hummingbird in flight has triumphed over a difficult objective!
Thanks Mac, he was heading for the feeder...LOL caught him in the act.
I wish that I could blow it up so the hummer would be more visible, but I'm just happy that I finally got a photo of one.
I'm still trying; doggone bird won't cooperate.
LOL, hummers are very uncoopertive Ttga.
It took me years of trying and a camera that can shoot multiple frames per second at shutter speeds of 1/2000 sec. or faster.
It probably can be done otherwise, but to get anything of note as Kavika did … count that in the win column.
Also, I'm thinking that it might work to put up a feeder, set up the camera a couple of feet away, focused on the feeder. Then, when the bird comes, all I need to do is push the button and I have ten pictures in less than a second. A remote shutter switch would probably help too.
I once heard about some guys who supposedly did pretty much the same. In Battery Park in NYC, the National Guard actually had a battery of 105's emplaced (why??? Who knows, maybe they thought there would be another sea borne invasion of New York Harbor. Since the last one happened in 1777, they probably put the guns in a little late). Anyway, one of the Guardsmen told a lady tourist that they used the guns to hunt sparrows. Biting on the bait, she asked how you could hit a sparrow with an artillery piece. His reply, "That part's easy lady; just load her up, sprinkle a few bread crumbs inside the muzzle and, when the bird lands to eat the crumbs, pull the lanyard".
It's beautiful! I love the detail!!!
Second picture posted below the first.
Another beauty Mac.
You're right, the slight distortion does enhance the photo.