Why lenses should not be too long
I’ve been mentoring a lensmaster recently. I felt one of her lenses could perhaps be broken up. She wanted to know the advantages. I could not give a good answer. I thought about it and here are a few reasons lenses could be shorter (if they’re long enough obviously).
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poddys said :
July 17, 2008 at 10:02 am
If a lens is really going to be too long, I definitely agree about breaking it up. Make separate lenses for the parts, then use the original as an Index or Lensography for the group.
It’s a very good idea, and allows you to expand more easily on the topic.
mac33 said :
July 17, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Really long lenses (some of my own included) tend to lose focus as they go on. It’s an easy trap…you get on a roll and throw everything but the kitchen sink in. That results in confusing the reader.
Almost every new lens I broke out from one that got too long has had good results.
linda said :
July 18, 2008 at 1:09 am
I haven’t been around here long enough to have a lens get too long – other than my lensography which I changed because it had too much off-topic information about my life in general. But I agree that shorter lenses are more fun to visit and learn from. The longer ones rarely get read all the way through.
katinka - spirituality said :
July 18, 2008 at 2:25 am
Actually – even lensographies should often be split up, in my opinion.
A lensography about a specific topic is much more likely to be interesting to specific readers than a general one. My 70 lenses would be very hard to wade through if they were all in one lensography. Instead I have 5
katinka - spirituality said :
July 18, 2008 at 2:25 am
or is it 7???