On Jun 18, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> On Jun 18, 2012, at 3:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> I wanted to communicate the busy environment here, so I squeezed in a lot >>> of background with a long focal length and f9 depth of field. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15936173&size=lg >> >> Great job, but wouldn't getting closer and using a shorter lens show more >> background? > Thanks Larry. > Getting close and using a wider focal length would show more background on > the edges, but it wouldn't compress the detail. Pulling all the background in > toward camera greatly exaggerates the activity level.
Aha! Good point. I generally think of using a longer lens to isolate the foreground, but using it to compress distance is an important trick that I'll need to remember. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
