Exercise 8 :Focal lengths and different view points

The object of this exercise was  find a scene with enough space in front to allow me to be able to move forward and choose different view points, one using a long lens  and a second image using a wide angle lens fitting the subject to the frame. Once completed the images were to be reviewed and aspects of the images compared .

Image one taken with an 18-200 zoom lens at its longest focal length of 200mm ensuring that the subject fills the frame

Although composed ok and  in the end is an image of a boat and tractor ,the image gives a feeling of depth  with the sea clearly visible in the distance  but offer little else artistically. everything look as you would expect to see it and in my opinion is a bit dull and soul less.

Image 2 taken qith a 10-20 wide angle lens at its shortest focal length of 10mm

This image  on the other hand  has a feeling of being right up close to the tractor ,flat and a little unreal in some respects  I was literal a couple of inches away to enable me to fill the frame There is no sense of depth yet the image is far more appealing.

This is a method i have never tried before and as a result I was a little shocked by the results of this exercise. Ignoring the artistic content of the images  and commenting purely on visual content .

I felt so intrigued by this method that although the image was little more than a snap shot for the purpose of the exercise i felt compelled to manipulate the image to see if i could make a decent image with artistic content from it ,and loved the end result i think it worked. As a result i will be doing more close up in your face type shots in the future. My first big learning  discovery on this course.