Wide Angle Lens tips?

[fletch]

It really helps if you can get low and close and for that it helps if you have a tripod that can hold the camera at all sorts of funky angles.

[Nicole]

Thanks Russ Great examples from you too. I have to say, the ultra wides are so much fun once you start getting comfortable with them.

[Murtasma]

Ultra wides are probably my favorite lens to use because the second you look through the view finder it's usually always a surprise how the distortion of the lens effects composition. It's much easier to visualize in your mind what a normal or telephoto lens will do to an image not so with a wide angle, at least not as naturally.

[ilookalot]

some great tips here, i am finding it hard to come to grips with my new 20mm lens,.i will give these a try.thanks Kym

[josh98052]

Thanks everyone, the tips are great. Keep them coming

I got out and took quite a few shots this weekend and think I am starting to feel more comfortable with all the great new angles I have to work with. Now I need to work on getting closer and closer to my subjects.

Couple of shots that I liked the look of



Nikon D60
Tokina 12-24mm f/4
12mm
f/7.1
1/200 sec.
ISO 100


Nikon D60
Tokina 12-24mm f/4
12mm
f/11
1/100 sec.
ISO 100

[Nicole]

That's really a noticeable improvement (IMHO of course). These newest images do much more to draw you into the image.

[PnwGuy]

Hey Josh. Nice shots! I have a 10-22 that I haven't done much shooting with. We should organize a wide angle field trip for any interested DPS members around Seattle some time. I've shot the Arboretum a couple of times but not with the wide angle.

The freeway flyovers off 520 and other pathways and the water and the UW stadium, plus the 520 bridge might offer some good wide angle opps. Especially when the leaves change.

I know there must be a ton of other places too but none come to mind.

[zappo]

Cool, really a great improvment. Seems like you're getting the hang of it now. I especially like the first one.

[AgBeard]

Originally Posted by zappo

And a link to someone who really spezialized in this kind of things (and is truly a master as I think):
Fotos von Sebastian Niehoff - Fotografin aus Wanne-Eickel - fotocommunity.de

Ulta wide portraits - Surreal or what

[stacymarie]

yay! a fellow Seattle photographer!

I like the shot of the skyline, that's a great viewpoint however it may give a little more impact as a long exposure night shot. So many people take pictures of the city from either Queen Anne or the bridge over the entrance to I-90 so it's nice to see other perspectives.

My other suggestion is to really think about what you are shooting. I can see you are using a wide-angle, but I don't see what really caught your eye. What made you take that particular frame.