Comments on: Wide, Wider, Widest – Wide Angle Photography

By: Tim Collier

Tim Collier — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:54:30 +0000

It’s also an essential for good documentary work. The wide angle means you need to get closer to your subject and therefore forces you to really engage with people and the event being photographed.

By: Emil Avasilichioaiei

Emil Avasilichioaiei — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:29:43 +0000

Yeah, I really like this.
Wide angle gives a good 3D illusion, compared to telephoto lens that make everything look kind of flat.
some of my wide angle close shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilav/3429189198/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilav/3428376517/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilav/3440037782/

By: SRG

SRG — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:42:12 +0000

what’s you favorite cannon wide angle lens?

By: Robin Ryan

Robin Ryan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:45:48 +0000

Something really fun with wide angles is to get a hyper-large subject near the camera and then have a sweeping background behind it – it really contextualizes photos.

ex: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/3419495303/in/set-72157603329594706/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinryan/2562600762/in/set-72157603329594706/

my biggest suggestion would be, if you use a large lens like me (10-22mm), zoom in to at least 11 or 12mm… don’t shoot at 10mm – the lens distortion kicks in right at the end and can make for some frustrating post-processing.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:39:28 +0000

Thank you for this timely article! I just this week bought the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8. The lens is wicked wide!
There is a whole new learning curve with this lens. I’m having a blast while figuring out composition, and am amazed at close I can get to the subject and still have the whole subject still in the frame. Wicked!

Here are six shots I took yesterday with it. The first two are an example of how I started farther away from subject ,and the second is after I moved in closer.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmzajac2004/sets/72157617189626738/

Deborah

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:43:52 +0000

I enjoy shooting with my Sigma 10-20. My only gripe with the lens is that there is absolutely no magnification which is limiting at times.

Here is my Sigma 10-20 set on my flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypnoeyez99/sets/72157607122312618/

This lens is a lot of fun to play with, though.

I’ve been thinking about a fisheye, but don’t know how much use I’d have for it on a cropped sensor. You need a full frame to really get the “fisheye” effect.

By: Jeffrey Kontur

Jeffrey Kontur — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:50:57 +0000

@Will- At first I didn’t believe the meerkat picture was really taken with a wide angle. But I checked the EXIF data and see that it was taken at 31mm, f4 and 1/1000th second. The obvious question is how did you manage to get so close without scaring them away?

I very rarely shoot wide angle because it’s not something I’m good at. Just a matter of personal style. I admire those who can do it effectively.

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:53:06 +0000

just be careful – some people don’t like how they look in wide angle. I love this shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/2256586543/in/set-72057594104027028/
but many others didn’t.

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:47:59 +0000

@will that meerkat picture rocks!

By: fotograaf haaksbergen

fotograaf haaksbergen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:01:41 +0000

I love wide angle photos 2 great pictures !