Rogg4n
Contextualised Daisy - Wide-angle Macro
It's not an easy thing to buy stuff. Personally, I am not a gear fanboy and I don't like the idea that photographic qualities are strongly related with equipments. Of course, they are, but only on a small account which becomes significant only if you know perfectly how to use it (which is not that easy).
However, there's some subjects that are too big to be framed without a wide-angle. So if you want to get a particular image, you have to get a particular lens. That's what I realised over the Creux-du-Van.
So because I wanted a picture of the entire circus including the rising sun, I decided to buy a wide-angle lens. I hesitated between 3 models : the Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, a Tokina 11-20 f/2.8 and the EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6. After all, I decided to get the newest, smallest and cheapest 10-18. Not only because the image quality of the 3 models seems quite equivalent, but because the 10-18 has a very creative and interesting feature : it can focus at 22cm/0.7ft !
What does it mean ?! Basically that it is a wide angle and a marco lens (that allows you to make almost 1:1 pictures) at the same time ! More than that : it allows you to take close up with a lot of contextual elements.
I found the ability really fun and I only begin to discover its artistic potential. But I am looking forward to making more picture like that ...
Contextualised Daisy - Wide-angle Macro
It's not an easy thing to buy stuff. Personally, I am not a gear fanboy and I don't like the idea that photographic qualities are strongly related with equipments. Of course, they are, but only on a small account which becomes significant only if you know perfectly how to use it (which is not that easy).
However, there's some subjects that are too big to be framed without a wide-angle. So if you want to get a particular image, you have to get a particular lens. That's what I realised over the Creux-du-Van.
So because I wanted a picture of the entire circus including the rising sun, I decided to buy a wide-angle lens. I hesitated between 3 models : the Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, a Tokina 11-20 f/2.8 and the EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6. After all, I decided to get the newest, smallest and cheapest 10-18. Not only because the image quality of the 3 models seems quite equivalent, but because the 10-18 has a very creative and interesting feature : it can focus at 22cm/0.7ft !
What does it mean ?! Basically that it is a wide angle and a marco lens (that allows you to make almost 1:1 pictures) at the same time ! More than that : it allows you to take close up with a lot of contextual elements.
I found the ability really fun and I only begin to discover its artistic potential. But I am looking forward to making more picture like that ...