life as seen through a 50mm lens

My new found fascination for photography is the foundation for this post.

Life as seen through a 50 mm lens . The 50 mm lens is, as I have realised, considered to be a boon in the realm of photography. The randomness of the mind, as enigmatic as it is, goaded me to compare life with this lens !

Using a wide aperture, for instance f2 or f3 one can get a vivid image of only the object in focus while the rest of the picture is a blur. A very shallow DOF - Depth Of Field. The 'bokeh' effect in photographic parlance. This wide aperture is much like the characteristics of every 'normal' homosapien. Man is very perseverant in achieving his goals that everything else around him gradually becomes an insidious blur. f2 !

Now using a narrow aperture (f16 maybe) we not only get the object in focus but the rest of the background as well in all its lifelike sharpness. Very few of us are comparable to this narrow aperture. We seldom take the world around us into consideration. This world of assumed oblivion is more welcomed by us.

The 50 mm lens is apparently used for street photography. Everyday life. This is one of the main reasons i decided to compare it with our lives. Did you know that the 50 mm lens is a.k.a the 'normal lens' as its field of vision is akin to that of the human eye. Another reason !

The lugubrious phases of our lives pose a challenge to fight against all odds and emerge victorious. Like these dark phases is low light. Our victory is similar to the ability of this lens to shoot very good pictures in extremely low light using wider apertures(f2 again !). Our grit makes us focus better on one thing and one thing only thus rendering the world around us a 'bokeh'.

The absence of a zoom in the 50 mm lens requires us to be mobile to get a good picture. Move back and forth! A lot of hard work ! To get this perfect life (a perfect picture in every sense of the word) we need to be dynamic. Hard work again !

The coruscation of the 50 mm lens ! Cant wait to get my hands on one.

And no, I haven't lost it. Not yet !