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>Most people don't know what a long lens looks like, or is even for.
This isn't exactly true in my experience. I was intentionally using a long lens once, for the effect, and shooting some people down a long brick bench by the bus station. Guy all the way at the other end from the people I was shooting:
"Hey! Motherfucker! You better not be takin' no pictures of me!"
"I'm not!" I yell back."
"Ain't nobody gonna be takin' pictures of me! I'll beat your ass!"
"I haven't taken any pictures of you!"
This went on for about a minute, us yelling at each other all the way across a bus station, before he was finally satisfied and sat back down. I left; obviously all candidness was lost.
But yeah, beyond flukes like that, it seems to me that people tend to intuitively sense longer lens = "more zoomed in."
>Well, another good way is to use a good point and shoot, one you can easily fit into one hand, and practice shooting "off the hip."
This works, but don't shoot it off the hip. Get one with an electronic or optical viewfinder, practice prefocusing and shooting quickly.
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