Partners in Focus
When I expanded my arsenal of lenses last year, one of the things I wanted to try was to shoot the same scene, but with different lenses, to play with different ways to compose and form a photo. You have probably seen countless of photos of the Partners Statue around The Hub, but the vast majority of those were taken with my Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 wide angle zoom. Everything is in focus, and the sweeping panorama really opens up the feeling of spaciousness.
Over the weekend, I took a few shots of the same general area, but with my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 telephoto zoom instead. This required much different shooting techniques. For one, I had to be much farther away to capture even a fraction of my wide angle shots. This meant dealing with people constantly being in the middle of the shot, which required a great deal of patience. In the end, you see below that I didn't entire succeed with eliminating people from the composition, but I think I did come away with a more unique shot, focusing wholly on the statue and blurring everything else in front and behind, thanks to a shallow depth of field. This places even more prominence on the statue, which is pretty much the best photographic way to honor these two icons!
Over the weekend, I took a few shots of the same general area, but with my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 telephoto zoom instead. This required much different shooting techniques. For one, I had to be much farther away to capture even a fraction of my wide angle shots. This meant dealing with people constantly being in the middle of the shot, which required a great deal of patience. In the end, you see below that I didn't entire succeed with eliminating people from the composition, but I think I did come away with a more unique shot, focusing wholly on the statue and blurring everything else in front and behind, thanks to a shallow depth of field. This places even more prominence on the statue, which is pretty much the best photographic way to honor these two icons!
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| Walt and Mickey are the focal point of the Walt Disney Company, and of course of Disneyland Park. |
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