Sunday, November 12, 2006

Project 10: Focal Lengths & Different Viewpoints

The photos on the left were taken at a distance with a telephoto (420mm) lens. Those on the right were taken close up with a wide angle (35mm) lens.



















































Those photos taken with the telephoto lens (on the left) appear flatter and more two-dimensional than those taken with the wider angle lens. The wide angle pictures (on the right) more clearly show the distance between the subject and objects in the background and foreground. In other words, the telephoto lens compresses the background and foreground.

The other point of note is the effect that focal length has on depth of field. In each case, the photo taken with the wider angles lens has a far greater depth of field that those taken with the telephoto lens despite being taken using a larger aperture.

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