There is a temptation when photographing landscapes to reach for a wide-angle lens to include as much as possible in the same way that your eyes see the view. There is nothing wrong with this approach but, as an alternative, a telephoto lens will allow you to hone in on key features within the wider landscape and give your images a totally different look. A longer lens allows you to emphasise these striking parts of the landscape, giving the picture added impact by concentrating the viewer’s eye on what really matters. With telephoto landscapes it is a case of ‘less is more’. You can keep it simple by cutting out anything that doesn’t add to the picture and concentrating on creating a strong composition.
Telephoto lenses create the illusion of making things appear much closer together than they really are, compressing elements within the landscape. This is the opposite to a wide angle lens, of course, which makes the background appear much further away and lessening the impact of more distant parts of the scene. By contrast a telephoto lens helps to ...
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