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Combination of two lenses !

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Posted by Oleg Kuchorenko on June 6, 2013 at 2:34 AM
Hello !
It will be very interesting and important to me to hear any opinion, in my recent work i have used two different lenses for shoting : for main frame and composition samyang 14mm and for the sun star nikkor 16-35 from the same spot and same settings. in my mind came idea to combine wide angle of view , sharpnes from one lens and the great sun star from other..
Can I use such technique ?.. or it manipulation ? and i should not do it ?!
I thik if i should use few exposues for DR , focus stacking, or to get wider angle of view... Why i can use such trick ?
:rolleyes: :eek:
Posted by Buck Ward on June 6, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Am I correct in my understanding that you want to make images using two different lenses and then combine the two images? If you want to do it, and if you can do it, then do it. There may be technical difficulties, but artistically, it is completely up to you.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on June 6, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Go for it! You are the artist! Please show us the result if you are happy with it. I'd be interested to see it.
Posted by David Bostedo on June 6, 2013 at 6:47 PM
Oleg - Absolutely it's up to you what you want to do with your own images! How could it be any other way?

However, a few things to think about :

-- There are some people who only like images if they are created as a single shot. Many people don't care and just enjoy your creation. And some folks are in-between. It's up to you whether or not to consider what others will think, particularly if you're selling images.

-- There are some competitions where that type of image combining might disqualify the image from the competition.

-- There are some publications that won't publish images that are composites of multiple images
Posted by Oleg Kuchorenko on June 19, 2013 at 3:49 PM
I agree David, it's depends on viewer...
Thank you for answering ! :rolleyes: