CommieWithACocktail

joined 10 months ago
[–] CommieWithACocktail@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

A 14-24 full- frame is my favourite lens. That being said, it's also difficult to use.

I use it mainly for astrophotography, and when there is a strong foreground element. Think stuff like rocks and patterns on foreground, interesting textures on the ground, a scene like small wildflowers on foreground and huge vistas and valleys and mountains in background, stuff like that. It really distorts the stuff close to the lens, making them appear bigger and compresses the things far away, creating a dramatic and perspective.

I also occasionally use it for some highly stylized portraits, when I want some distortion- elongated legs and hands, emphasis on shoes, stuff like that.

For an wide angle to work, you almost always need a strong foreground (unless you're doing astro and have such similar wide-encompassing patterns/colors in the sky).