Yeah, she would - but that does not mean that it would be a better photograph. It would be a standard nondescript snapshot. You do not always have to follow every rule in the book. With shorter focal lengths (and look how short focal lengths the top photojournalists are using these days) you are drawn into the subject´s space and it gives the image more impact. And it does not actually distort the image, it´s called perspective and everybody is getting used to it. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: pentax list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 08. tammikuuta 2004 0:14 Aihe: Vs: 50mm Pentax Screwmount >On 7/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > >>Nah, 50 mm at close up gives intimacy. > >...and a black eye. Nobody likes their features, particularly noses, >exaggerated. I don't buy it. > >I'm not saying that portraits can't be taken on *any* focal length. I >shoot on a 38mm (equivalent) focal length quite regularly - but not on a >tight head shot. > >Depends what you consider acceptable, of course, and I can't argue with >that. What I can argue is that if you put that shot and a similar shot of >longer focal length and ask her to pick one, she will choose the longer >focal length with question. I would eat Frank's bunny ears if she didn't. > >! > > > > >Cheers, > Cotty > > >___/\__ >|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps >_____________________________ >Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >
