PERSPECTIVE & THE ZOOMING SHOT
While most painting would naturally incline to perspective and
focal-length of the human eyes equivalent to 50mm of 35mm format lenses; focal
lengths began to vary as still photography took rapid strides. We, therefore,
have wide-angle as well as telephoto lenses; they vary the perspective and a
certain visual effect is created, a variation on basic human visual perspective
and the idea of ‘looking’. Optics, however, created yet another commodity
called “Zoom Lens” which had so many focal lengths telescoped into the same
barrel. This was highly prone to aberrations as there were moving parts in it
compromising clarity & sharpness. As though that was not enough, amateur
enthusiasts started filming while zooming this lens, devastating perspective,
yet; it was “something new” & “Oh, so fashionable...”
Once again, the history of human visual perception as well
as history of the Visual Arts had never known such an aesthetically unresolved
jolt. So, my suggestion is, once again, to be careful and thoughtful about
using zoom lens, specially ‘zooming shots’ for they are an ‘outsider’ as far as
aesthetics of creative visualization is concerned, historically.
Rahatavalokit
Caca190
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