Image Bank - Wide Angle

Wide angles often include a sort of fish eye effect as shown in the second picture - this type of angle is used to 'show off' a scene. Photographers concentrate more on making the scene look pleasant and attractive rather than on the little details. In order to do this, low and high angles are used, this is shown in all the pictures. By using low angles like in the first and third picture, photographers are able to make an object look majestic and look bigger than it actually is; the train in the first picture is not that big in real life and neither is the bridge. The angles have been chosen wisely so that the best part of the object is shown - only the front bit of the train is shown because it's the most exciting part of it and a wide angle further emphasises this excitement and over exaggerates it.

In the last three pictures, low angles are all used in order to achieve different aims. For example, in the last picture, the low angle makes it seem as if the viewer is being invited to go on an adventure through the woods. Although it doesn't seem like this at first glance, this photograph shows quite a lot; a wide angle ensures that a big part of the scene is shown, allowing the viewer to imagine the full scene easily in their head. This method is used in the fourth picture, where only a part of the field is shown, the viewer can now picture the whole field and it bring excitement to this photographer's work.