Does anyone want to share photos that demonstrate certain concepts, or tutorials of how to accomplish specific effects?

This gif does a good job showing how much difference focal length can make with compressing backgrounds.

Whip out your Diptychs

I have a dilemma.

In "compositive" arts, such as painting, writing fiction, music... every creation reflects a point of view, a whole new world to interact with.
In photography, you can either try to reflect reality (albeit not exempt of subjectivity) through, for example, street photography. Or you can compose a scene - such as model shootings (which I don't know where the spontaneity is) or entirely made up scenery (see >>2689254). Which I find nice to see, but still.

The question is : if photography isn't about transcribing reality (once again, I understand it can be done with subjectivity), isn't it just a weak technique for composing art ? What value does it have ?

I'm not trying to bait btw, I'm just having a dilemma as a /p/haggot.

Apology for bad english, john is kill, etc

/pol/ here, i have a quick few questions. Have you ever been in the type of situation as this gentleman? What odd situations have you been placed in while taking photos in public? How would you react if accused of such things?

David Updike says he was taking a walk in the park with his camera when a neighbor spotted him and feared he was taking pictures of children.

He says she took his picture and reported a “creepy guy” to police.

The man was upset by the accusations and decided to write an open letter to the woman who called police.

>Dear Neighbor,

>Yesterday was a beautiful day, I think you will agree. I decided to take a short walk from my house on Hamilton Street to Dana Park, which I have been coming to almost daily since 1989, the year my son was born. As I often do, I brought my camera, sat on a bench for about 10 minutes, did one lap around the park and headed home.

>I had barely gotten across the street when three police cars pulled up: I was told to stop, and swiftly surrounded by six policemen. I was “detained” there for approximately 20 minutes and questioned; another officer returned to the park to find out why you had called them.

>My suspected crime, apparently, was having a camera in a public park, and allegedly taking pictures of children. As it turned out, I had taken no pictures that day. But I have been photographing in this neighborhood for 30 years, and have published a children’s book of poems and photographs, always with permission.

Full letter here:

http://kfor.com/2015/10/15/man-writes-open-letter-to-woman-reporting-creepy-guy-in-park/

How can I replicate this photo? This abandoned village is about 15m walk from me and I'd like to get some shots, but I'm pretty much new to photography.

What exposure/settings/things do I need to set up to get a very similar photo?

Hey /p/ is there any way I can save this photo? I have a soft spot for it for some reason and I think it has potential, just don't know how to bring it out. Any tips? I have Adobe Photoshop CS6 as an editing software.

>inb4 get a real camera
>inb4 learn to take photos
Yes I am a noob, please humour me.

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Some are good, some are not so good, posting them all to see if you guys like any ones i don't and vice versa.

strange editing

Im buying the Nikon d7100. Im new to cameras and I wanted an aps-h sensor but im settling for this. Tell me whether or not Id need the aps-h and if this is a good purchase. Please