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First impressions Oly 40-150mm f2.8

Started Apr 6, 2015 | User reviews thread
boxerman Senior Member • Posts: 1,946
Re: First impressions Oly 40-150mm f2.8

Well, totally convincing on the sharpness issue. Also convincing that you have to think a fair amount about depth of field.

I wonder what you think about lightening up some of your subjects, like the swan, the people on bridge, and the dreadlocks (possibly even seahorse)? In cases where you have a lighter background, you could squeeze a little contrast out of it (e.g., via flattening curves at the high end of brightness) for a better emphasis on the subject. I left these images in (below) so that people don't have to look back

With that discount, I might be temped, too. But, at the moment, I'm considering it a specialty lens that I might rent for trips where it would be extremely valuable (big game).

pocoloco wrote:

This one seems perfect for lightening both subjects and background (hence more backgrounding the background. Easily accomplished with curves, I think.

Like some others, the subject looks a little dark to me (though I'm using a not-great laptop screen). Again, worth a try to background the background even more by pushing it to a high key.

Thanks much.

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