Focal Length

Focal Length
Today in photography class we learnt about focal length. Here are a few pictures of different focal lengths!!

1. Your Camera's Lens
The focal length range of my camera's optical zoom lens is 5.0-20.0mm.

2.Angle of View

This picture is a telephoto picture of my group. Using the telephoto zoom, you can see the people very clearly. The color of the picture is also a little shadier.

This picture is a wide photo of my group. Using no zoom and just moving closer to the group, I am able to get the image of my group from the waist up. Not using zoom allows us to see the proper colors of the people.








3. Compression

This picture is a telephoto of my group. I lined them all up in order of height in order to compress them.You are able to tell that the picture is zoomed in because you only have their faces in the image.

This picture is a wide photo. They are lined up in order of height that way they can be compressed. You can tell that the picture is not zoomed in because you see most of the building behind the people.








For the telephoto picture, it looks like the people are closer together and for the wide photo it looks like they are a lot further apart.
For the telephoto everyone's heads in the picture looks the same size but in the wide photo, the girls head in the front looks a lot bigger then the boys head in the back.

4. Lens Choice

 This photo is a telephoto.

This photo is a wide photo.












Between the two pictures, I find the telephoto photo to be more flattering. With the wide photo, you see a lot more detail of the face and since it is a straight on picture not all features look nice.

Considering what I have observed in the 6 images, for a portrait, I find the telephoto focal length better because you can see the persons features nicely. For a landscape photo, wide photo focal length would be better because you are able to get everything that you might want and more.