Panorama Images – Utilizing a Zoom Lens to Discover
Shadows, shimmers, textures, tones and patterns. Inside every panorama hides a wealth of wonders simply ready for us to wander together with our cameras and uncover.
Whereas I want I may zoom utilizing simply my eyesight (and typically after an excessive amount of display screen time I persuade myself it’s doable), a high-quality and versatile zoom lens supplies the best device for these of us eager to look a little bit deeper into the scenes we’re photographing.
Revealing the slight but vital particulars of a pure scene in sharp element permits us to get inventive and seize the options we’re drawn to as photographers.
When you had requested me 5 years in the past what my favorite lens was, I might’ve stated the 12-40mm for epic landscapes, travelling and the underwater world. Now although, after years of photographing glaciers, deserts, and environments of extremities, I’m a little bit obsessive about the M.Zuiko 40-150mm f2.8 professional lens and even go one step additional, including the MC-20 2x teleconverter to get nearer to the small print inside a scene. Beginning at 40mm and slowly shifting focal size to delve a little bit additional, I have a tendency to make use of the lens as binoculars earlier than adjusting to compose a picture.
When capturing panorama pictures, have you ever ever stood nonetheless to stare in any respect the tiny parts that make up a panorama? It’s fascinating what’s hiding beneath our toes, what’s revealed with a little bit water or how a scene modifications all through the seasons, typically spending half the 12 months rugged and crusty, and the opposite half lush and lively.
The small patterns on crops, chiselled chunks of rocks, wind blown sand dunes, fragile and frosty ice magic or waves, water and ripples. A lot exists to {photograph} inside a panorama irrespective of which setting you’re visiting.
Upon arriving at a location, I like going for a stroll and seeing which particulars first catch my eye then ready, when doable, for the best mild to seize their magnificence and complex options. That’s, except the sky is erupting in color and I’m making a mad sprint to {photograph} it – let’s not disguise the actual fact I’m additionally that photographer, I prefer to suppose it’s a very good mixture of the 2!
By way of locations, the moon-like landscapes Chile’s Atacama Desert, Greenland’s glacial gems, Namibia’s dunes and Australia’s salt lakes, outback and coastal scenes have been such inspiring locations to {photograph}.
I’ll maintain this submit quick and candy as I merely wished to share a group of pictures that seize the small print inside a wide range of environments. When you’re contemplating a brand new zoom lens or need to chat about your individual pursuits capturing the small print inside a panorama, depart a remark under or attain out through DM on Instagram @the_wanderinglens.
Every picture featured under was taken with both the OM SYSTEM OM-1 , Olympus E-M1 MKIII or E-M1X cameras and the 40-150mm f2.8 professional lens.
To learn additional, take a peek on the following articles:
Photographing the Dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia
A Information to Photogenic Experiences in Ilulissat, Greenland
Photographing the Lunar Landscapes of Chile
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Journey and panorama photographer from Australia who is way extra comfy in a pair of flippers than heels! Having labored for publications akin to Lonely Planet, Wanderlust and the Sunday Instances, Lisa based The Wandering Lens to share vacation spot guides to the worlds most photogenic locations and outside experiences.