The Long and Short of it. 2 Photos from the same Place

[TexPhoto]

I was always annoyed by the "zoom with your feet" statement. Sometimes you can't. I usually can't. At a recent baseball game I was allowed on the TV platform just past the outfield fence. It's marked 400 feet about 5 feet in front of me in the below 2 photos. I am standing on metal box about 10 feet wide 4 feet deep, and 7 feet high, no railing. The TV guy is next to me so I can't move much or shake the box.

Anyway, the long photo is a 7D with a 400mm f2.8 IS and 1.4X extender. The wide photo is a 5D and 8-15mm. Both photos have some cropping.


Untitled by RexPhoto91, on Flickr


REX50013 by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

Do you have any similar pairs of photos taken from the same place without taking a walk? Let's see.

 

[dgatwood]

Do you have any similar pairs of photos taken from the same place without taking a walk? Let's see.

Apologies for them being a little underexposed, but IIRC this was getting pretty late in the day, and the sky was a lot brighter than the landscape.

16mm (16–35 L II)


35mm (16–35 L II)


70mm (70–300 L)


300mm (70–300 L)


1260mm (70–300 L at 300mm w/ stacked 1.4x and 3x teleconverters).

 

[Sporgon]

But dgstwood, you could have zoomed with your feet in your example !

I suppose in reality all lenses are compromises of one sort or another. If we could get an f1.8 zoom that went from 24 to 400, weighted 8 oz and cost $400, had the same IQ and size of a 35/2 IS the we would all be using that lens.

 

[adhocphotographer]

Wildlife is another place where you can't always walk in to take a shot.... either for safety or because the subject is skitish... Great example though TexPhoto

 

[michalk]

I do not think that the phrase 'zoom with your feet' was coined to suggest that you should only use one prime lens and attempt telephoto shots with a fisheye lens.

Both zooms and primes have their pros and cons. Use the tools that are best for the job.

 

[Cosmicbug]

Astrophotography- walking towards the subject makes little difference to the perspective...

 

[dgatwood]

But dgstwood, you could have zoomed with your feet in your example !

No, the 16mm shot just wasn't quite wide enough to show the foot-tall fence with the "keep out" signs.

 

[TexPhoto]

Astrophotography- walking towards the subject makes little difference to the perspective...

But my fisheye is a zoom! Oh the irony.

I was not trying to call out anyone out the zoom with your feet side of the house. I was basically stunned with the two photos and wanted to talk about them.

 

[TexPhoto]

Apologies for them being a little underexposed, but IIRC this was getting pretty late in the day, and the sky was a lot brighter than the landscape.

I think you need a little tweak there. Looks like the landscape is 100% in the shadow of clouds at that moment. I don't think there is anyway to get a good photo in that situation. But hey post processing challenge time! (Hope that's OK)


123 by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

 

[dgatwood]

Apologies for them being a little underexposed, but IIRC this was getting pretty late in the day, and the sky was a lot brighter than the landscape.

I think you need a little tweak there. Looks like the landscape is 100% in the shadow of clouds at that moment. I don't think there is anyway to get a good photo in that situation. But hey post processing challenge time! (Hope that's OK)


123 by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

Sure. Have fun. I have processed copies in LR; I was just too lazy to do the extra work of shoving rendered versions out to my website alongside the RAW files over a slow network connection.

 

[fragilesi]

I think you need a little tweak there. Looks like the landscape is 100% in the shadow of clouds at that moment. I don't think there is anyway to get a good photo in that situation. But hey post processing challenge time! (Hope that's OK)


123 by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

Blimey, give me your e-mail address, I have about 2,000 photos for you to process ;D

 

[fragilesi]

I was always annoyed by the "zoom with your feet" statement.

Really like the close-up . . .

 

[mnclayshooter]

Astrophotography- walking towards the subject makes little difference to the perspective...

;D

 

[AcutancePhotography]

I would imagine that landscape photography near cliffs would not be condusive to "zoom with your feet" either. ;D

 

[distant.star]

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Are you saying telephoto lenses make objects appear closer than they actually are?

 

[AcutancePhotography]

I make my own "Glass", and lens'.

Really? Yikes that's pretty cool. I would like to learn more about this.

 

[niteclicks]

The first is with a 40D and 800mm scope, the second 5DIII and 300mm. Both have been cropped.

 

[bjd]

Astrophotography- walking towards the subject makes little difference to the perspective...

Doesn't that really depend on how far you walk? ;D

 

[Northstar]

tex...i like your baseball shots!

here we have the awesome 24-70 2.8ii for basketball baseline action.

three different shots from the exact same spot within a 6 minute window.

all shots at ISO 6400 on a 1dx

 

[jdramirez]

I don't, but I'll give it a go next time.