Ken Norton <image66@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Irvin Bennett wrote:
>> I am new to the list and compiling pictures of old dairy barns and
>>silo's in Virginia. I have come to the conclusion that I need a shift lens
>>to get the pictures I want and was hoping someone could steer me in the
>>right direction. Thanks!
>Back to your original question... I would get the 35/shift instead. One
>main reason is that the 35mm angle of coverage is more "believable" for the
>farm images. Also, the cost and availability of the 35/shift is more
>acceptable. I have the 35/shift and rarely do I wish for the 24/shift and
>it is almost always while shooting interiors.
I agree with Ken Norton if you want a view of barns and silos undistorted from
nearby.
Another way to approach this is to use a telephoto. I have twice photographed
most of a large monastery in Austria
(http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/kremsmuenster.html ) from a far distance but with
a 200mm/5. In the first year I did not take my 200mm/5 with me to Austria and
the 100mm/2.8 was not sufficient to crop out the surrounding from the nearest
unhindered view of the entire monastery. I estimate that I was about 1km away
(0.6mile) in distance, but at a higher elevation which is also a help in doing
architecture photography. I think I also took another shot from below the
buildings, but somewhat away as well. The photo shown on my Web site was taken
with a Fuji disposable panorama camera. I have not digitized the one I took
with the 200/5.
Since Irv's subjects are out in the country, he may well have unhindered views
from
a far distance, which allows the use of a telephoto to get a photo of
undistorted view of those farm buildings. Depending on the size and the
surrounding area of silos and barns, he might want to experiment with several
lenses.
Now that I think about the subject, I do have a landscape photo in Maryland
which some people seem to like (my mother thought that it was my best photo.)
which included a silo and a barn in the frame. I was standing on the ridge
overlooking a valley, therefore I was higher than the top of the silo and I
think I used my 100mm for this shot.
Therefore there are more than one way of approaching the subject.
Tomoko Yamamoto
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
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