Bicycle

Bicycle

Amsterdam, Holland

Canon Rebel XT

Focal Length 11

Aperture 4.5

Shutter 125

ISO 200

I shot this with my wide angle Tamron 11-18mm lens.  The lower number of the range (in this case 11-18) signifies the magnification involved.  The lower the number at the bottom of the range (11), the closer you are able to get, whereas the higher the number at the other end of the range (18), the further you are able to "zoom."  For this shot since there was room behind me could have stepped farther back and cropped the shot.  Doing so however would result in a loss in quality.  The more that is cropped out of the original picture, the greater the loss.  Because of this I try to avoid cropping unless it as absolutely necessary.