Close-Up Wide-Angle

Armed with a Sigma 10-20mm lens on a Nikon D7100 DSLR, we explore the ins and outs of this dynamic compositional technique

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Published November 26, 2013
Updated June 30, 2016

Wide-angle zooms have always been popular with nature photographers.

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