Wide Angle Fun

It's time this photo mama gets herself a new lens. I decided before I take the plunge and plunk down some serious cash, I would rent a few different lenses to see what fits me. Last weekend I test drove a Canon 17-40, 4.0. Glory be ladies, that was fun! I'm so used to my fixed 50 that the WIDE angle option was really liberating.

I was about 1 foot away from my daughters feet when I shot this one. Now, that's WIDE.

Share with us your angle on WIDE.

Comments

[Erinne]

This is very cool. Good job. Love the cutie feet.

Here is my interpretation of a very hard word! LOL!

http://chaoticfamilypictures.blogspot.com/

[Brittany]

hahah Love those feet!!!

I am really proud of my picture this week. Maybe I am starting to get the hang of this?
Here's mine:

http://mommeeandherboys.blogspot.com/2007/10/thursdays-theme-wide.html

[Mandy]

What a great shot! Love the footsies! Cute!
Here's mine....
http://mandaroo1128.blogspot.com/2007/10/picture-this-wide.html

[Mandy]

ps, that's cool, I didn't know you could "rent" them. I'll have to try that out. I'd love to try out a really good telephoto lens.....any suggestions? It would be for a Nikon D80

[Stephanie]

http://slsmithphotgraphy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/wide-texas-sky.html

This is of the wide Texas sky out my back door. I love coming here and visiting all of these inspiring photos!

[kim]

Very cool. Fun shot.
Here's mine:
http://www.cancio.org/blog/?p=433

[Rosey]

Love the feet and the lens!

Here's mine!
http://piercebabyproject.blogspot.com/2007/10/thursday-theme-wide-open-space.html

[Cari]

Love it, Tracey! And glad you have the opportunity to try out some new lens options.

Here's mine - courtesy of my mom:
http://lunaandfoo.blogspot.com/2007/10/open-spaces.html

[Maya]

Great idea to test them out first! I'm sure you're having fun with them!

Here's my take on wide:
http://laurentfiles.blogspot.com/2007/10/wide.html

[Dawnomite!]

I bet it is really fun to see the world anew through a new/different lens. Fun!!

http://dawnreissphotography.blogspot.com/2007/10/thursdays-theme-wide.html

[Maggie]

Wow - that is wide! And I didn't know that you could rent them either...what a great idea!

[Maggie]

Oops...I'm not all there today -- my wide shot is up too...

http://andtheducksaid.blogspot.com

[Stacy]

Fun! I wasn't sure what to post today, so nothing with the theme is up on my blog. I do still have a love of my kit lens 18-55mm 3.5-5.4 (??). One day when I had it at 18mm I let my little man take a picture of me and he kept on putting the camera up and down since he wasn't sure what the distortion was when he was looking through the eye piece. :)

[megan]

this was a challenging theme...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganmona/1456021302/

[Chris]

Tracey, where do you rent from? I'm in Whittier and I haven't been able to find anyone or anywhere that rents around here except in L.A.

[Sheri]

niii-iii-ce lens...

here's my wide orange:
http://todayispretty.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/wide-orange/

[island jen]

I was recently shopping for lenses and was attracted to the very SAME lens! Nice to see what you were able to do with it!

[arizaphale]

Better late than never! This was a hard one. Your wide feet are wonderful though.

http://arizaphale.blogspot.com/2007/10/theme-thursday-wide.html

[arizaphale]

Better late than never! This was a hard one. Your wide feet are wonderful though.

http://arizaphale.blogspot.com/2007/10/theme-thursday-wide.html

[Shannon]

No wide for me this week, but I do want to know what lens you end up with. I'm looking for a new one, as well!

[maile]

thanks for the sweet comment on the blog! I love this shot. I couldn't live without my wide angle. I use it for almost everything. So much so that i'm selling the 24-70mm 2.8. $800 if you want it. Barely been used, i'm just addicted to wide angle now. I was going to post it on the blog later this week (translation: when I get around to taking a photo of it) :0)