Many people think of a wide lens as a way to get farther away from a subject, but I think of a wide lens as a way for us to get closer... a wide lens is really a close-up lens, allowing us to create a dominant subject in the frame by emphasizing the difference in distance from near to far.

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Evidence of Hands on Stone - Jeff's Italian architectural photographs

The Curtometer - An Aid To Seeing - a deceptively simple device to help you sort out camera position and focal length

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  • Short Orange[caption id="attachment_2658" align="aligncenter" width="474"]Fortezza di Radicofani - Tuscany A wide-angle lens was used here, allowing me to emphasize the difference in distance from the nearby bricks to the doorway. Fortezza di Radicofani - Tuscany A wide-angle lens was used here, allowing me to emphasize the difference in distance from the nearby bricks to the doorway.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2657" align="aligncenter" width="474"]San Biagio, Montepulciano, Tuscany A longer lens was used here, as I didn’t want to emphasize any difference in distance between objects in this subject. San Biagio, Montepulciano, Tuscany
    A longer lens was used here, as I didn’t want to emphasize any difference in distance between objects in this subject.[/caption]
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