A Day in DC through the Canon 10-22

People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped.

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Here, for your pleasure, are some of the sights of our nation’s capitol, as captured more or less by the Canon 10-22mm lens. If the Tamron excels at bringing the far away closer, the Canon excels at cramming everything in the frame. This is great for photographing architecture, as you may have noticed that I like to do, though at the extreme wide angle the pictures have a great deal of distortion.

Here’s the US Capitol Building with the lens at full extension.

Now here’s the extreme wide angle. The lens is capable of covering about 135 degrees of ya ya.

The lens is particularly great for interior spaces, like this, the ceiling of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian.

It’s not bad for nifty self-portraits, either.

Here are a couple of shots of the Washington Monument, from not too far away.


Okay, Really. Enough about the equipment. Next time: Oslo!