SUMMARY

Most people reach for a wide angle the moment they step into a city center, cramming as much of the skyline into the frame as they can. A long telephoto flips that instinct, letting you pull out single details and stack layers of a city in ways a 24mm never could. Row shoots in shutter priority at 1/250 second, with lens image stabilization set to mode one, in-body stabilization on, and auto ISO ranging from 100 to 12,800. Telephoto lenses isolate architectural details and compress city layers in ways wide angles can't.

TAKEAWAYS

Most people reach for a wide angle the moment they step into a city center, cramming as much of the skyline into the frame as they can.

A long telephoto flips that instinct, letting you pull out single details and stack layers of a city in ways a 24mm never could.

Row shoots in shutter priority at 1/250 second, with lens image stabilization set to mode one, in-body stabilization on, and auto ISO ranging from 100 to 12,800.

Telephoto lenses isolate architectural details and compress city layers in ways wide angles can't.

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