Swapping zoom for position
Photo 7b looked good, but even starting from an 18 mega-pixel
image, the extreme crop wasn't going to be sharp when printed.
I moved the camera back a bit and zoomed in to compensate
(8). This technique, referred to as vertigo zooming, is used in
video to create an unsettling feeling – the subject stays the
same size but the background and foreground dramatically
change size and perspective.
In effect, photo 8 was an uncropped version of 7b. But the
green truck with the strange rear window reflections was vis-
ible, the nose of the green stake bed was cut off behind the
fence, and the GP7 lost a good deal of its size.
9: Contest candidate? Not quite...
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