Hi, Why do lots of people swear that the longitudinal distance between the objects gets smaller when shot with a tele then? Is this also not one of the expalantions for using a tele in portraiture? Veli Izzet -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu [mailto:owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Martin Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:47 AM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Some questions from an exam for your amusement. --- ADavidhazy <andpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> wrote: .... In any > case the point was to be that perspective is a matter of camera > position and not of lens focal length. Long focal length lenses just > show less of the surrounding scene. If photos are made with a wide > angle lens but the central portion is blown up to match the image size > of something included in a photo made with a longer focal length lens > the perspective, ie: > relationship between > sizes of objects in the scene, should be the same in both photographs. Exactly so! But I am always amazed at how otherwise knowledgeable people (even pros) will argue (often strenuously) the opposite. Maybe some people use the word "perspective" differently. But it's Basic Photography 101. Richard ===== Richard Martin specializes in Cityscape and Waterscape stock photography. E-mail: marphoto@yahoo.com Web: http://www.marphoto.com Web: http://www.poetographycreations.com
