Just like this you mean - another version along Baxter's lines...
I guess for your images, they look like toys due to the drastically reduced depth of field which implies macro pictures (on smaller formats) and hence little items...
Just like this you mean - another version along Baxter's lines...
I guess for your images, they look like toys due to the drastically reduced depth of field which implies macro pictures (on smaller formats) and hence little items...
I use unconventional movements when taking abstracts of the ground in front of me. By tilting the rear standard forward I can reduce the sense of the photo receeding from me and make it more two-dimensional. I need to use even more forward tilt on the front standard to get things in focus, so narrow coverage lenses won't work, but I tend to use the technique with longer focal lengths where there is usually coverage to spare.
Lens coverage is definitely an issue with more extreme movements. When I started doing these with my 135mm, I was getting one or two dark corners on some shots, though the effect sometimes added to the composition. I tried using my Zessar 21cm, and things improved on coverage, which eventually led me to a more modern Nikkor 180mm. So I found for what I am doing the extra coverage on the 180mm works great, and it fits with a not too long focal length that I prefer.
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Gordon Moat
A G Studio
P.S. - Steve, I got your message, but your mailbox is full. Should be a couple days.
A quick thanks for the replies. I was uncertain how to ask the question so that it was broad enough and yet not too vague but the question must have been close enough given the informative responses. There are a few poets around who are or have been in the past photographers, myself included. Aside from the obvious that photography pays more then poetry I have been curious about the links between photography and poetry and these responses go someway to answering this. Many thanks.
isn't chris asking about back standard movements though? most people seem to have given examples of front standard movements, where the plane of focus is shifted. when talking about perspective, or distorting the relationships between objects, that's a back-standard sort of thing. making a receding wall's lines parallel, or making a building appear taller by tilting the back standard forward etc. or did i get the question wrong?
I think you'll have some better luck if you look up 'looming' in google..
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