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Dec 19, 2017 08:05:08 #
Long lenses are fun- and interesting too, allowing compression and yielding an extraordinary perspective (no, perspective remains the same... point of view? No, point of view is the same also...), let's say "interpretation" of a scene. You know that cardboard tube at the center of a roll of paper towels? Well, spend a few hours viewing your world through that. If you pay attention and look- I mean really look- and have the right kind of eyes, you'll notice shapes, patterns and how colors lay next to each other, that texture has personality and shadows substance. In short, you will, quite literally, look closer at everything... This can be overwhelming... so, restraint, caution and be open to discovery. We could here take a side trip into psychology, culture and Mandelbrot fractals but, that'd be an all day journey...
Try the cardboard tube business... if you discover interesting things, a longer lens could be a useful tool...
Try the cardboard tube business... if you discover interesting things, a longer lens could be a useful tool...
Dec 19, 2017 08:12:08 #
Dec 19, 2017 09:13:31 #
Here is an article that, I think, helps explain compression with long lenses.
https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/lens-compression-get-giant-sun-effects/
https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/lens-compression-get-giant-sun-effects/
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Dec 19, 2017 09:23:25 #
So- crank up Led Zep, hang a zilch from the ceiling and imagine....
bobramewe wrote:
Damn Fuminous, kinda flashed back to doing acid in the 60s! Nice post!
Dec 19, 2017 09:32:43 #
Dec 19, 2017 09:40:23 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Here is an article that, I think, helps explain compression with long lenses.
https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/lens-compression-get-giant-sun-effects/
https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/lens-compression-get-giant-sun-effects/
Sweet! ...Very informative Thank-you! I will play around with this design.
Dec 19, 2017 12:30:36 #
bobramewe wrote:
Please excuse my level of imaging...but how/what do you do to achieve the above post.
Thanks in advance.
Bob
Thanks in advance.
Bob
Use the full quote not part of it. When I recommended the D500 I also said:
I wrote:
Note that 'cropping' does not replace the perspective correction of a long telephoto.
Note that 'cropping' does not replace the perspective correction of a long telephoto.
I should have not let the auto correct do that... Compression, not correction.
Still the way you describe your photography you do not really need a long lens.
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Dec 19, 2017 13:59:30 #
Rongnongno wrote:
I should have not let the auto correct do that... Compression, not correction.
Still the way you describe your photography you do not really need a long lens.
Still the way you describe your photography you do not really need a long lens.
thinking you are correct!...a D500 may very well be in my future..with the new release of the D850 some folks may be upgrading!
Dec 19, 2017 14:23:13 #
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bobramewe wrote:
Can/would you please post an image example of this compressed landscape. Thanks in advance.
Bob
Bob
Sorry, I rarely post any images on this site.
Dec 19, 2017 14:34:20 #
Sample of compression (MP4)... Check the background. Compression makes the background APPEAR closer from the foreground in this sample. That's it.
Other compression effect, not offered here it the cut-out effect seen in binoculars. Since a camera is not able to see in 3D, all images are two dimensional. A telephoto augment (for lack of other words) the 2D effect in far away objects.
I did not create this. It was in an article I was reading.
Other compression effect, not offered here it the cut-out effect seen in binoculars. Since a camera is not able to see in 3D, all images are two dimensional. A telephoto augment (for lack of other words) the 2D effect in far away objects.
I did not create this. It was in an article I was reading.
Dec 19, 2017 14:43:28 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Sample of compression (MP4)... Check the background. Compression makes the background APPEAR closer from the foreground in this sample. That's it.
Other compression effect, not offered here it the cut-out effect seen in binoculars. Since a camera is not able to see in 3D, all images are two dimensional. A telephoto augment (for lack of other words) the 2D effect in far away objects.
I did not create this. It was in an article I was reading.
Other compression effect, not offered here it the cut-out effect seen in binoculars. Since a camera is not able to see in 3D, all images are two dimensional. A telephoto augment (for lack of other words) the 2D effect in far away objects.
I did not create this. It was in an article I was reading.
yep.. last lens was 200mm..background detail 0.
Dec 19, 2017 15:03:15 #
Kinda like using a macro (nikon micro) lens to photograph flower detail and the background becomes a solid color "blanket"!! Almost a 3D effect....always liked the design...
Dec 19, 2017 15:21:13 #
bobramewe wrote:
Other than long range wildlife photos and sporting events,.... how do you use your 500/600 mm lens?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Other than what you say I didn't use mine that much at all. It always had to be on a tripod so wasn't very versatile for sports and crappy in low light as it was too slow at f4.
For those reasons I sold it and bought a used 200 f1.8. Now THAT lens is useful. No need for a tripod so it can be used very quickly in any direction and it's a monster in low light!!
It takes a killer portrait too!!! LoL
SS
Dec 19, 2017 16:33:33 #
Dec 19, 2017 16:45:31 #
Last summer, we came upon a huge "critter jam" in Yellowstone,... a Grizzly Sow & cubs, about a hundred yards off the road... never seen soooo many long lenses and tripods running on asphalt!! And then "leapfrogging" for "THE SHOT". Bet there were a 100!...had to laugh!
THAT was the photo!!!
THAT was the photo!!!
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