Many people think of a wide lens as a way to get farther away from a subject, but I think of a wide lens as a way for us to get closer… a wide lens is really a close-up lens, allowing us to create a dominant subject in the frame by emphasizing the difference in distance from near to far.
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Evidence of Hands on Stone – Jeff’s Italian architectural photographs
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Fortezza di Radicofani – Tuscany A wide-angle lens was used here, allowing me to emphasize the difference in distance from the nearby bricks to the doorway. 
San Biagio, Montepulciano, Tuscany
A longer lens was used here, as I didn’t want to emphasize any difference in distance between objects in this subject.