>>3676158Nothing wrong with telephoto ranges for woodlands and landscapes. Forests are inherently chaotic and being able to isolate subjects comes in very handy. The extreme end of the spectrum would culminate in nature abstracts. Moreover the compression and layering possibilites are its strength. It doesn't distort the perspective making it look very undramatic and flat (sometimes painterly). The stronger focus also leads to less problems with dynamic range. Wide angles on the other hand are in my opinion not useful for simply capturing more in the frame. Woodlands are challenging enough as is without finding leaves and other stuff poking in from the edges of what feels like every second photo. They instead give an extremely vivid sense of being there and exaggerate the scale and depth. Layering usually becomes quite difficult but on the other hand the massive depth of field offers itself for capturing plants and scenes on the ground. Dynamic range can be tricky in portrait orientation.
Do you look up to any nature photographers? Otherwise I can only recommend looking up Eliot Porter. He is the greatest nature and woodland photographer there ever was in my opinion and there is plenty of material to get inspired by especially for telephoto work.
tl;dr 28mm for wide angle, 85mm+ for tele
