Fotoeins Fotografie

Above/featured: Vancouver landmark: two towers of the Lions Gate Bridge – 17 Jan 2014 (6D1).

Some time ago, I wrote about my photographic journey which has included a point-and-shoot camera, an introductory crop-frame camera, a consumer-model full-frame camera, and a compact mirrorless camera.

The way people see the world is best encapsulated at focal lengths typically around 35mm. Portraits of people start at about 50mm, and go as “long” or “tight” at 80mm. With larger zoom glass and longer focal lengths, “action at a distance” becomes accessible; examples include “close-up” views or moments at sports events or bird-watching from afar to avoid spooking the birds. At focal lengths below 35mm, the accessible field of view becomes much larger; for example, one of the “widest” fields can be found with a super-wide piece of glass at around 16mm.

I’ve made photographs across a wide variety of focal lengths: from wide (16mm) to long (480mm). I once imagined I would spend most of my time photographing “long”, at focal lengths beyond 100mm. I soon learned I prefer photographing (well-)below 50mm, with the lion’s share of my images in the “wide field” at focal lengths in the range 24 to 28mm.

Going wide with 3 devices, 5 lenses

Canon 450D: 18mm (29mm)

Facing south to the dormant Hualālai volcano on the Big Island: Hawaii, USA – 19 May 2008 (450D).

Pololū Valley Lookout on the northwest corner of the Big Island: Hawaii, USA – 21 May 2008 (450D).

Canon 450D: 10mm (16mm)

Quarry Bay: facing east, King’s Road at Westlands Road; the tram destination is Kennedy Town. The very wide field exhibits strong geometric distortion around the edges of the photo. Hong Kong – 8 Jun 2012 (450D).

Canon 6D1: 24mm

A walk around Stanley Park and the Seawall on a winter afternoon: Vancouver, BC – 17 Jan 2014 (6D1).

Fuji X70: 18.5mm (28mm)

First sight of Nordkette mountains and Inn river: Innsbruck, Austria – 9 May 2018 (X70).

Fuji X70: 14mm (21mm)

On the West Dyke Trail, facing west to the Sturgeon Banks wildlife conservation area; also visible are the CBC Richmond transmission towers and old airport reflective radar dishes: Richmond, BC, Canada – 28 Aug 2021 (X70).

I made all photos above between 2008 and 2021 with a Canon EOS450D/Rebel XSi (450D), a Canon EOS6D mark1 (6D1), and a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime (X70). Acknowledgements go to Patti for LAPC no.165 in the week of 11-17 Sep 2021. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-ltp.