Orchids with new lens

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Orchids with new lens

Postby ozimax on Mon May 11, 2009 11:23 pm

Picked up a 70-200 F2.8 IS last week. Just couldn't resist. Paid a fortune too but it's a great lens. There's just something about the image quality from this lens. Not sure what it is. Anyhoo, here's some orchids given to my wife last week.

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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby surenj on Mon May 11, 2009 11:45 pm

Lovely stuff! I am sure you will enjoy this lens very much.
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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby big pix on Tue May 12, 2009 12:07 am

Nice colour in this image oz, but for me a tad busy along with some bits cut off..... would have rather have seen 2 or 3 flowers only but hard to do with a tight spray of flowers......

..... just cut off 2 or 3 and shoot on a plain background by the door in the shadows..... you will get a good pix but may also get the dog house :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby ozimax on Tue May 12, 2009 9:16 am

big pix wrote:Nice colour in this image oz, but for me a tad busy along with some bits cut off..... would have rather have seen 2 or 3 flowers only but hard to do with a tight spray of flowers......

..... just cut off 2 or 3 and shoot on a plain background by the door in the shadows..... you will get a good pix but may also get the dog house :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


Not allowed to touch the flowers Bernie, for fear of my life. We don't have a dog so I would be sleeping in the pumpkin patch!

Actually, I just pointed the camera and fired.
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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby ozimax on Tue May 12, 2009 9:19 am

surenj wrote:Lovely stuff! I am sure you will enjoy this lens very much.


I did have a copy of this lens a few years back, sold it because of the weight, went through several other versions of the 70-200 ilk, then finally came back to this lens. It isn't the sharpest of the four, but I like it's image quality.

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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby gstark on Tue May 12, 2009 9:23 am

ozimax wrote:Picked up a 70-200 F2.8 IS last week. Just couldn't resist.


You hussy you. :)

Nice colour, good light, and a complementary background. Well done.
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Re: Orchids with new lens

Postby barry on Tue May 12, 2009 1:08 pm

Nice shot there Ozimax
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