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Photo Info
| Uploaded | November 7, 2012 |
| Taken | October 26, 2012 |
| Make | Nikon Corporation |
| Model | NIKON D90 |
| Exposure | 1/30 sec at f/3.5 |
| Flash | No Flash |
| Focal Length | 18 mm |
| ISO | 500 |
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Q: How do you take a long exposure picture with people?
A: Do you know?
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I took this at the Quartz Mountain workshop to show a lady why people usually do not take close-up portrait with wide angle [short focal length] lenses. Notice how wide angle lenses distort things close to the camera—like my nose and the lower portion of my face—making them appear larger than normal, and how they make things further away appear smaller than normal. A normal lens focal length on our DSLRs that are not full frame cameras would be in the mid twenties like 26mm. A portrait lens is one that is longer than normal. Longer focal length or telephoto lenses eliminate this kind of distortion. See SP with a long focal length lens.
9 responses
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Charles Rushton added a link (7 Nov 2012):
This is a likn to the self portrait taken using a long or telephoto focal length lens. (jpgmag.com)
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Lynn E. Harvey gave props (7 Nov 2012):
Love love these lessons..ty, great!
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Michele Wambaugh said (7 Nov 2012):
Cool!
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Andrea Petersen gave props (7 Nov 2012):
The wide angle lens really changes the whole appearance even to the shape of the head...also the angle that this was shot is from underneath and not eye level to distort even more.
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Bailey Cooper gave props (7 Nov 2012):
We'll have to call it the 'acromegaly effect'.
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Leslie Hunziker gave props (7 Nov 2012):
interesting comparison! wild & cool.
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Charles Rushton said (8 Nov 2012):
(Acromegaly) The nice thing is it can be cured without medical intervention by changing focal lengths.
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Susan Littlefield gave props (8 Nov 2012):
I need to take the Charles Rushton guide to perfect photography class!!!
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Paperini Renato gave props (8 Nov 2012):
It 'still a beautiful picture, great gray
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