Cómo se dice "close-up" en español?
I'm talking about close-up photographs. Translators online are giving me primer plano but that doesn't seem right to me. Isn't that a picture of the foreground?
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In Spanish the term close-up refered to photography or cinema is "Primer Plano".
I learned "primer plano" the hard way. In Granada a long time ago I was taking pictures and wanted a close-up of a fountain. Ah, I used the first thing that came to mind and used "vista gorda". I couldn't understand why the Spaniards "lost it". They found my unique way of expressing myself to be amusing. They set me straight. Sometimes that's the best way to learn.
Very often, in Spanish, things are not expressed the same way as in English. Probably, they would use the verbs ampliar and aumentar (and their conjugations) to express what you want to say. I suggest you make a complete sentence; then let's try to translate that. It's possible to use vista cercana too.
If primer plano doesn't fit, try: de cerca.
