From: Jon (fotonerd@yahoo.com)
Date: 12/17/02-12:17:01 AM Z
"Anti-Photographic" ???
You got to be kidding.
As far as why people usually do not use telephoto lenses is that most
people when photographing the landscape want to provide a 'sense of
place'. This is dificult to achieve with a telephoto lens.
Shooting telephoto is a limiting process where you exclude the
surroundings and focus on one specific element or area in a landscape.
Needless to say it would be relatively easy argue that shooting with a
telephoto lens that the image no longer stands as a 'landscape'
photograph. But that doesn't remove it from being a photograph.
Maybe you are confused by this. Since the image no longer is a landscape
photograph then it is no longer a photograph at all? You could not be any
more wrong.
Why would how you structure an image determine whether it is photographic
or not. Would you do something similar in another subject matter? (no.)
I think you need to evaluate your interpretation of what is
'photographic.' And if you feel you have a grasp on that, why don't you
try defining 'landscape.'
Good luck.
Jon
--- Jack Fulton <jefulton1@attbi.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Do people ever
> >>> shoot landscapes with telephoto lenses? If not, why not?
>
>
> I like this question because I've found few DO shoot landscapes w/tele
> lenses. It's something I've wished to do but haven't. There are great
> possibilities in not only flattening the scene but with an alliance with
> Chinese landscapes. The idea of equivalents appeals to me here. Where
> the
> distance is similar to the near in scale. Some interesting reversals
> similar
> to viewing a pair of 3D images backwards may occur like the center
> fielder
> being larger than the pitcher on a televised baseball game. In a way I
> feel
> the structure might become virtually anti-photographic and hence does
> not
> hold good general appeal.
> Jack
>
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