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pfm Picture A Week (PAW) 2016

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Here's one I snapped this morning. I am absolutely loving the 14-24mm f2.8. I had feared that it was too niche / specialist and wasn't going to get much use. It's safe to say this fear was unfounded!



Morning Light by Amar Sood, on Flickr

Nikon D610 / Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8

Lefty
 
Some terrific images from Gromit & Jem. The Sigma is just beautiful.

I am a bit ambivalent on very wide angle shots Amar, I went through a stage of doing all my landscapes wide open with a 12-28 on my (DX) DSLR, but I started to get bored of the wide angle distortion and the very obvious need to conform to the 'foreground interest' cliché if everything wasn't going to appear very small and distant. In the end I had to wean myself off by buying a 17-55! Trees falling over into the centre of the frame really bug me now. However, I did lots of learning there, and maybe it is time to put the lens back on the camera.
 
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Some terrific images from Gromit & Jem. The Sigma is just beautiful.

I am a bit ambivalent on very wide angle shots Amar, I went through a stage of doing all my landscapes wide open with a 12-28 on my (DX) DSLR, but I started to get bored of the wide angle distortion and the very obvious need to conform to the 'foreground interest' cliché if everything wasn't going to appear very small and distant. In the end I had to wean myself off by buying a 17-55! Trees falling over into the centre of the frame really bug me now. However, I did lots of learning there, and maybe it is time to put the lens back on the camera.
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We all need to do some messing around with wide angles they can be fun and give you some interesting shots.

Fish Eye Trees by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

It would be boring if we all likes the same stuff.

Trees falling over in the centre of the frame you say...

Foxcovert Plantation by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete
 
eternumviti said:
I am a bit ambivalent on very wide angle shots Amar, I went through a stage of doing all my landscapes wide open with a 12-28 on my (DX) DSLR, but I started to get bored of the wide angle distortion and the very obvious need to conform to the 'foreground interest' cliché if everything wasn't going to appear very small and distant. In the end I had to wean myself off by buying a 17-55! Trees falling over into the centre of the frame really bug me now. However, I did lots of learning there, and maybe it is time to put the lens back on the camera.
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Thanks for the honest feedback. Perversely, I actually bought the 14-24mm f2.8 because I am not a natural wide angle shooter. My 'go-to' style of photography is classical portraiture using 50mm + focal lengths. I like to push myself outside my comfort zone and try to develop what I perceive to be my weak areas in photography. I admire the ease with which some people are able to take interesting wide angle shots. This is something which I am looking to emulate.

In terms of wide angle distortion - it seems this definitely bothers some people more than others. The leaning trees were actually intentional. I tilted the lens so as to accentuate the leaning. The 14-24 has very low levels of distortion (for an UWA lens) so this was harder to achieve than it sounds!

In terms of the need to have foreground interest - I see this as a 'rule' which can be followed or broken depending on the artistic outcome you wish to achieve. (like the rule of thirds). One doesn't have to follow it and as I develop my wide angle technique, I hope to be able to use the natural pushing away of the subject and wide angle distortions to my creative advantage.

Lefty
 
And yes, I completely agree with you, on all points.

I have my 12-28 sitting on the desk in front of me, on my spare camera!
 
Thanks for the kind comments, if I do that type of shot again, I'll spend more time making sure the target object is clean, and on the lighting so it's more even.
 
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