>>4024826This shot shows the utility of the focal length in a meaningful way. I look at it and I know that if I tried to shoot the same picture on a different focal length it simply wouldn't be as good.
The rest evoke the immediate eye glazing that comes with just how recognizable the focal length is. It's like looking at photographs of my living room. There's too much familiarity so unless something really different is happening it's hard to get over how much it feels like I've already seen it.
We all have our own style and whatnot. If 28mm is your jam then fight the good fight but try to break out and use the familiarity of the focal length to make people uncomfortable. To carry the analogy: show me a birds eye view of my living room rather than a picture of my sofa. I think if you're just trying to take good photos then the focal length becomes a combatant. It's like in composition there's a concept, mind rhyming. You've got expectations and anticipations baked into the focal length, now you can subvert them in a way that jars people out of that malaise and adds a whole element to the photo that wouldn't have been there on any other focal length.
>>4025549I didn't want to comment on the famous photographers but this is legitimately a fantastic use of the focal length and a wonderful shot. I don't recognize the photographer but it reminds me of John Goodman's Boston work. Great environmental portrait.
