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An Alternative Point of View

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An Alternative Point of View

1 Jul 2021 11:30PM   Views : 509 Unique : 293

Even the simplest of subjects can look very different with just a slight change of viewpoint. Take for example this old lock on a gate at Arley Hall. My first thought for it was a 55mm Macro lens, actually a Vivitar manual focus lens, on full frame.
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However, take instead a 12mm lens of APS-C ("35mm equivalent" of 18mm) and we need to go quite a bit closer and get whacked between the eyes with this alternative view.
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So one simple subject can be shot in many different ways, and of course we can add to that the infinite variety of ways that the shots can be post-processed. It's worth stopping and spending some time with any subject, or perhaps revisiting it and seeing if we can look at it anew.

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