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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 214077" data-attributes="member: 12496">Normally everyone does choose telephoto or wide angle, simply due to the place they have to stand.   And we might even imagine the lens changed the perspective then, but it did not.  It merely allowed us to stand where we stood.   Where we stand is all that changes the perspective.Here is a "typical" presentation, changing where we stand, and then crediting perspective to the lens (standing different places to achieve the same view):<a href="http://www.photozone.de/focal-length-and-perspective#" target="_blank">Focal length and Perspective</a>EDIT TO BE CLEAR:  It is simply wrong to say the lens causes this perspective change (as so many do say or imply).  But it could be correct if it says the lens focal length causes us to choose to stand in a different place to get the picture we want, and then that distance causes the perspective changes.  Perspective is ONLY about the distance where we stand.  The lens only sees what it can see from that one place, and the lens cannot change anything except magnification and cropping.Hippie likely intends to show something like that, but there are plenty already available.And then here is a presentation showing the truth of the situation (standing in same place, different views):<a href="http://russellspixelpix.blogspot.com/2011/04/focal-length-and-perspective-myth.html" target="_blank">PixelPix Photography Help by Russell Stewart: The Focal Length and Perspective Myth</a>Perspective is where the white and gray cars appear next to the near pole.  Perspective shifts the angle and size of far things relative to near things.  If we stood closer to the pole, the cars may not even be visible in the picture (probably smaller and hidden behind pole).  But as is now, the length of the white car is more or less same as the pole width in both pictures. The long lens enlarged both, but perspective did not change, because we stood in same place,The best picture there (IMO) is the first graphic showing the angular  view of the subject, but showing why the perspective is obviously the  same, if standing in the same place.  Where we stand determines  perspective...  Not the lens.  The lens merely allows us to stand there, and decides where the outer frame edges are.And if we want to stand too close for a portrait, the  ladies won't like the way the perspective portrays them.  Always stand  back six or eight feet, and use the lens necessary to get the view you want (head/shoulders, or full length, groups, etc).  Some like it farther.</blockquote>

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