Signs of Spring
Feb 26, 2023 19:13:13 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
I am having a little trouble with my 70-200 f2.8 lens and so I took it out today to see if I could figure out if it needs to be sent into the factory to be repaired. I let the Auto focus on the lens do this shot. F2.8 200mm ISO 100 1/250 shutter speed. Would like any feedback that I could get concerning clarity, focus, color etc. I did crop it to a 4x5 crop. I was about 5 feet away from the flower for the shot
Feb 27, 2023 11:04:45 #
I think it's a really nice shot. It's well composed, the colours are nice, and the selective DOF is really good.
Feb 27, 2023 13:34:06 #
The right type of subject for the test. With the lens at f2.8 you wouldn't expect much DOF. Even in DDL I can't decide where the focal point the camera used it.
Feb 27, 2023 14:46:30 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
AzPicLady wrote:
I think it's a really nice shot. It's well composed, the colours are nice, and the selective DOF is really good.
Thank you for the nice feedback and thanks for taking time to comment
Feb 27, 2023 14:49:26 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
Curmudgeon wrote:
The right type of subject for the test. With the lens at f2.8 you wouldn't expect much DOF. Even in DDL I can't decide where the focal point the camera used it.
Thanks for the feedback the one flower almost in the middle is where I had my focal point set. Even at 2.8 I thought that one flower could have been sharper
Feb 27, 2023 18:12:11 #
PoppieJ wrote:
Thanks for the feedback the one flower almost in the middle is where I had my focal point set. Even at 2.8 I thought that one flower could have been sharper
Well f2.8 is certainly not the sweet spot for that lens. Try it at f8 and see the difference
Feb 27, 2023 19:14:09 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
Curmudgeon wrote:
Well f2.8 is certainly not the sweet spot for that lens. Try it at f8 and see the difference
i agree that f2.8 is not the sweet spot but at f8 the background will stand out. I may try it again at maybe 4 or 5.6
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