When it comes to landscape photography, wide-angle lenses are often the tool of choice, and for good reason. However, you don’t necessarily have to use a wide focal length alone. In fact, a telephoto lens can be a powerful tool for creating new creative opportunities. This great video will show you what you can achieve with a telephoto lens, especially when you use a lens with macro capabilities.
Coming to you from Michael WidellThis neat video shows the possibilities of landscape photography with Venus Optics Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO . Lens. I would love to use a longer focal length for landscape work. For one, they can let you simplify a busy scene just by excluding some of it. Second, most of the landscape photos we use are taken with wide-angle lenses, and so we’ve gotten used to that look. Using a telephoto lens can make your work instantly different just because of its novelty. Check out the video above for full information on Widell.
And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out “Photographing the world 1: Landscape photography and post-processing with Elia Locardi. ”
