Create Drama With A Wide Angle Lens
A wide angle lens exaggerates distances between objects and can often create a 3D feeling with lots of drama. A small dog near the lens might look much bigger than a house in the background. Tele lenses does the complete opposite, they compress distances so everything looks like they are close to each other in distance.
You can create great illusions with both tele and wide angle lenses but the wide angle lens is my favorite tool.
Great Wall of China Taken With A wide Angle Lens
I took this image from the Great Wall of China on a miserably cold and windy December day with a 24 mm lens on a full frame DSLR camera with the intention to create a 3D effect. Lenses below 30 mm and especially below 20 mm creates awesome dramatic 3D illusions.
The drama is not as noticeable on a small sized image like in this tutorial as it would be on an enlargement but it should give you an idea on what the effect you can produce with a wide angle lens.
Tip: Changing the camera position even so slightly can make a significant change in perspective and produce very different results. Experiment, experiment, experiment!
