A point of view

These two shots serve to illustrate how changing your viewpoint can make a difference to how photos look. The first was taken with a long lens and shooting into the sun. The long lens flattens the apparent space and the lighting leads to silhouetting and a graphic effect.

While still filling the frame with the subject a shorter lens used at closer range expands the apparent space, and the over-the-shoulder lighting lends a more pictorial air to the shot.

It did mean running the risk of getting soaked though! And that was why I was using less than optimal gear for the fast moving subject, the camera's focusing system not being brilliant at tracking moving objects, and the lens not the crispest. But it was a fun experiment.

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