50mm f1.8 for landscape

[denniskee]

so in short, can i say that what lens to use depends on ;

1) what you want to show / composition (perspective, position of the main subject or everything into the frame)?
2) individual preferrence / style?

 

[student]

so in short, can i say that what lens to use depends on ;

1) what you want to show / composition (perspective, position of the main subject or everything into the frame)?
2) individual preferrence / style?

Absolutely!

There are of course situations which only certain lenses can be used, such as macro photography or photographing birds and wildlife half a kilometers away.

Apart from these highly specialised genres, any lens can be used for any genres depending on why you are trying to achieve in your images.

Portraits can be taken with fisheye lenses. And telephotos for landscape.

My prefered focal length (35 mm equivalent) for landscape photography is between 80 mm to 200mm. And I would say that a 50 mm prime, 80 mm prime, 100 mm prime, 200 mm prime are all great lenses for landscape photography.

 

[student]

I haven't use this lens for landscape before, but I don't think the perspective is there.

If anyone here can prove me wrong, I'd welcome to see your pics and how you do it. I presume one has to move back a lot to get a good perspective!

Here is an image taken with a 480 mm lens on a 4x5 camera. In 35 mm it is equivalent to a 143 mm.

 

[honda]

It depends on the distance. If the mountain peak appears too small you will need a longer lens. I have read about photographers carrying 600mm when they take photo of mountains.
http://singaporephoto.blogspot.com

 

[nightwolf75]

It depends on the distance. If the mountain peak appears too small you will need a longer lens. I have read about photographers carrying 600mm when they take photo of mountains.
http://singaporephoto.blogspot.com

dun need to read. those who have the canon lensbook can see the sunset shot taken with the 1200mm L-lens...

 

[+evenstar]

dun need to read. those who have the canon lensbook can see the sunset shot taken with the 1200mm L-lens...

:bsmilie:

one of my fav shots..

 

[nightwolf75]

:bsmilie:

one of my fav shots..

likewise, those who have bryan peterson's book "Learning to See Creatively" can refer to his portraits of his daughters with a fisheye.

never understood folks' 'obession' or misconception/myth with the 'wides for landscapes, 85mm is portrait lens etc...' mantra. :dunno:

 

[+evenstar]

likewise, those who have bryan peterson's book "Learning to See Creatively" can refer to his portraits of his daughters with a fisheye.

never understood folks' 'obession' or misconception/myth with the 'wides for landscapes, 85mm is portrait lens etc...' mantra. :dunno:

rather, try to get a different perspective from what others recommend. there's no hard and fast rule to what u should use for a particular shot

 

[b18]

50 /1.8 stitched

 

[jsbn]

The ultimate in ultra-super-duper-extreme-hyper wide that beats a single 18mm hands down. :thumbsup:

 

[+evenstar]

even better than fish eye ;p

 

[madmacs]

50 /1.8 stitched

good stitch! :bsmilie:

 

[madmacs]

likewise, those who have bryan peterson's book "Learning to See Creatively" can refer to his portraits of his daughters with a fisheye.

never understood folks' 'obession' or misconception/myth with the 'wides for landscapes, 85mm is portrait lens etc...' mantra. :dunno:

must be this singaporean obsession with rules. even guidelines tend to be taken as hard and fast rules

 

[HVB88]

Newbie shot with 17mm:

And this With 200mm:

I hope this is help.

 

[eikin]

come share your non-wide-angle landscape pictures http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?p=2207447#post2207447

 

[LittleWolf]

must be this singaporean obsession with rules. even guidelines tend to be taken as hard and fast rules

Unless it's traffic rules or "do not litter" signs.

 

[nottipiglet]

When I go on Holiday, I will switch to 50mm f/1.8 at night because it opens wide. Here is a shot I snapped at Patong Beach at sunset:

Not perfect, but OK lah... Sometimes, we work with what we have. I have seen some people walking around carrying so much camera gear... they look worse than the street peddlers ;p. I like to travel light. The 50mm is a great walk around lens at night.

 

[honda]

I like to travel with one lens only. Force you to learn to see through one lens and work with the limitations and be more creative.

 

[nuts]

I, for one, would never advocate that landscapes should always be 28mm or wider. I think personal styles definitely comes to play but compositional analysis of the scene by the photographer is prob the most impt factor in determining the focal length.
I have a collection of some of my favourite landscapes and sometimes, looking at your own collection will give insights into your own styles :

http://www.roving-light.com/portfolio/landscapes/index.htm

Here's my breakdown :
25% - <=35mm
40% - 50-80mm
35% - >100mm

Back to the thread starter, Canon's 50f1.8 is an amazing lens in whatever it does; on a 10D, its 80mm... here's one of my favourites, although it has been slightly cropped at the bottom :

 

[Laopan]

Thanks for all the replies. I don't have money to buy good wide lens or zoom lens.
So will force myself to use the cheap but sharp lens 50 mm f1.8 to produce a good landscape (still praticing how to maximise the advantage of this lens).

Anyone already use it in this way, don't mind just share your master piece of landscape
using 50mm f1.8