Confiusion about Present Perfect - one sentence

[Birne]

Hello
I am a bit confused about the sentence below:

'I have recently taken an interest in photography and I took/have taken some photos of an old factory.'

If both answers are possible, could anybody explain the difference, please?

Thanks for your time and interest.

[bhaisahab]

Hello
I am a bit confused about the sentence below:

'I have recently taken an interest in photography and I took/have taken some photos of an old factory.'

If both answers are possible, could anybody explain the difference, please?

Thanks for your time and the interest.

I would use "have taken".

[Birne]

Thanks for a quick answer. I made up that sentence myself, it's not from a book.

What about justification... why would you choose 'have taken'?
Is 'took' also correct?
How to understand is the DIFFERENCE between those two possibilities? Could anybody explain, please?

[5jj]

As you are linking your interest in photography to a time period extending present,('I have recently taken ...), it seems logical to consider your taking of photographs in the same way.