{"id":23878,"date":"2021-01-15T11:11:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T11:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23878"},"modified":"2021-01-23T11:17:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T11:17:38","slug":"crosby-beach-a-new-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk\/blog\/shoots\/crosby-beach-a-new-perspective","title":{"rendered":"Crosby Beach &#8211; A new perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23878\" class=\"elementor elementor-23878\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d193b69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d193b69\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2daacce3\" data-id=\"2daacce3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6efec497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6efec497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I have taken delivery of two new lenses for my Hasselblad X1D. The XCD135mm with 1.7x Extender and the XCD21mm super wide angle. Today I&#8217;m out with the XCD21mm to see how the beach looks in the super wide field of view. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It has been many years since I owned a lens so wide and I can tell you on composing various shots today I was amazed at just how much you can fit into the frame with such a wide lens. It makes you think differently when composing an image. 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