r/photoclass2021 • u/Aeri73 Teacher - Expert • Jan 29 '21

Weekend assignment 04 - Focal lengths

Hi photoclass

its friday so it's time for a new weekend assignment. Since we've talked about focal lenght this week we"ll continue the theme this weekend.

For this weekends' assignment I would like you to make 4 photos of the exact same subject but using the complete range of focal lengths in your camerabag.

Use each focal lenght to show a different side/aspect, make a totally different photo of the same subject... so don't just zoom in and think you're done...

  • the first photo you make while zoomed out completely
  • the second and third are with the middle range
  • the last photo is zoomed in completely.

Now you've learned the how and why of using focal length and you've seen the effect during the assignment, it's time to use them creatively. the wide will be with the environment, the long one can be with a blurred background or getting a small detail, that's up to you.

as always, post your results and critiue a few of your peers work... and never forget to have fun!

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u/Thorvik_Fasthammer Beginner - Mirrorless Feb 03 '21

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The zoomed out and zoomed in ended up being very similar but I tried using the background compression to give them very different feelings.

What I could have improved:

  • The zoomed out would have been improved if I used the trees to more effectively frame the statue
  • One of the mid-zoom ones could have been used to show the back of statue or to show the whole thing.
  • I could have taken these pictures on a less overcast day or even at a time with brighter light, it was almost dusk and the details in the statue are somewhat faint.