My First Shots with the 300 F4 L IS

[SEPkent]

Coments/critique most welcome!

Many Thanks

 

[cosmix3]

Nice set for first time with the lens,


I totaly understand why you watermark, but on some of thouse shots the watermark falls right on the head/eye, which is a bit distracting, may be worth having the watermark on the body in thouse shots, that way it is watermarked but not distracting.

 

[sepulchre]

Nice shots but the watermark is far to distracting for me.

 

[DonnaM]

I agree with the comments above. Having played with my husband's 300mm f/4 IS, you have a great lens there, I am almost envious.

 

[raythefab]

Nice shots but the watermark is far to distracting for me.

Ditto

 

[Jo]

I agree about the © mark

I'd love to be able to see the clarity on the eyes, so moving the mark would definitely help

From what I can see, it looks like maybe there is a slight problem with how you sharpen and save. The bits that should look sharp and hold detail look fuzzy. How did you sharpen and save out of interest? All of them would also benefit from a bit of cropping to, so we can really see up close the fab quality this lens can produce

 

[erding]

Nice set for first time with the lens,


I totaly understand why you watermark, but on some of thouse shots the watermark falls right on the head/eye, which is a bit distracting, may be worth having the watermark on the body in thouse shots, that way it is watermarked but not distracting.

 

[SEPkent]

Ohhhhhhhhh. I used DPP to sharpen etc. All taken from RAW and converted to jpeg. then re-sized fro the net.
Help with DPP would be greatfluuly recieved as it is my first time using it and first time with this lens.

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[Moos3h]

Agree, watermark is very distracting, but it also highlights that so much of what you shoot puts the subject smack bang in the centre of the frame. I'm not saying that there's ALWAYS something wrong about that, but consider using the rule of thirds as it often makes for a much more interesting shot.

Very nice stuff otherwise though!

 

[Jo]

Sorry can't help with DPP I'm afraid, I don't use it Hopefully someone else can help you with that.

 

[SEPkent]

No watermark! Interesting - Rule of thirds! I shal look it up.