Comments on: Do you ever use the wide-angle lens as a crutch when you are doing landscapes?

By: rhee

rhee — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:38:16 +0000

I have used wide-angle lens as a crutch before. Yes, landscapes would really look very dramatic. But as I viewed my photos for several times, I realized that photos should have a combination of the two, dramatic yet creative. Until now, I am still on the process of experimenting with my camera on how to find the perfect shot that I want.

By: Keon Archibald

Keon Archibald — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:46:04 +0000

Without the wide view of a super wide angle lens, you cannot capture the grand view that captured you eye in the first place

The 20mm is my “normal” lens for my F4.

I use the 12mm setting on you super wide zoom when shooting with my DSLR.

It isn’t a crutch, it is a tool. The images produced using a wide angle lens either work or not. It is up to your creativity to compose, using the full frame and filling it with the image in your mind’s eye.

I would think with the San Fransico Mountains, Havasupai and the Grand Canyon so near, you would be using your 20mm like a wildman

By: Casey Brook

Casey Brook — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:15:07 +0000

Yeah, sometimes. I feel the same way – dramatic, but not *creative* (usually).

Have you checked out Tim Fitzgerald’s book on landscape photography, sold through the Audubon Society? It’s great and has some really cool tips to beef up your creativity on landscapes.

By: Marely Greenway

Marely Greenway — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:58:21 +0000

Yep, and the sad thing is, it actually works.

Just look at any tourist brochure with an ultra-wide shot of the Caribbean including a fishing boat, sunbathers, parasailers, a cruise ship and several sovereign nations — the angle of view becomes the content.

And you can’t stop lookin’ at it, can ya?