I say "current taste" because I'm not a bridge burner. Yet, if I'm to take any lesson from my own past and my own collection, it is that I find more pleasing shots from normal to moderate tele lenses than from very wide lenses. The longer lenses give me better control of picture content, especially background content.
But if we all had the same taste we'd only need one photographer. Vive la Différence! Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: > > > ... My current taste is for a tighter view. ... > > I think that's the key. "Current taste" ... > > I see a lot of hoo hah fads about ultrawides and then I see a lot of > awful ultrawide pictures. And then the same thing for ultra- > telephotos. And then I see beautiful work done with lenses from > ultrawides, to normals, to telephotos from people who could give a > toss about the fads. > > So whatever is pushing your buttons and making the kind of photos you > want, just go with it and forget the fads. Work with whatever FoV > complements your vision and lets your photos speak for you. > > I've been working with a normal FoV lens almost exclusively for > months, with a few dalliances with long and wide. Right now I'm > tending to normal and slightly tele. Other times I've tended to wide > and wider. Makes no difference, the photos are what matter. All the > FoV options I need are available. What I have in my bag is what's > important. > > Godfrey > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
