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telephoto lenses
Extending the reach of your photography with a long lens can help
you capture subjects that are beyond the scope of other optics
telephoto lens is the natural choice for
sports and wildlife subjects that you
can’t get close to without scaring them
away. But long-focal-length lenses are
great for shooting all sorts of subjects.
Because you can shoot from a distance, it’s
easier to isolate individual subjects from
their surroundings, or make subjects at
different distances appear to be very close
together in the final image. This effect is
called ‘compressed perspective’, and is dead
handy when there are layers of objects inthe scene that appear to stack on top of each
other. As well as photographing birds and
wildlife and action shots, the longer focal
length is also perfect for grabbing candid
portraits. But a telephoto lens can also be
used creatively for picking out individual
details in architecture or landscape scenes.
Many professional landscape photographers
featured in our magazine don’t leave home
with a telephoto zoom lens, such as the
Canon EF 100-400mm, as well as their
wide-angle lenses of course!a
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