First Time out with Zuiko 50-200 2.8

anwmn1

Club Soccer shots from Feb 25th - first time out with my new Zuiko 50-200 2.8 lens.

How did I do?




Thanks-

SCS_Photo

anwmn1 wrote:

Club Soccer shots from Feb 25th - first time out with my new Zuiko 50-200 2.8 lens.

How did I do?




Thanks-

First one is nicely composed. The 2nd one could use a much more agressive crop. F/2.8 is your friend, use it to isolate the players from the background as much as possible.

John Patrick

anwmn1 wrote:

Club Soccer shots from Feb 25th - first time out with my new Zuiko 50-200 2.8 lens.

How did I do?

Thanks-

Hmm. No EXIF info, so care to share at least what aperture and focal length each were? I'm not seeing the isolation and bokeh expected from a 2.8 lens wide open.

Put that bad boy at 200mm (which is short for non-little-kid soccer) and go wide open. You'll get much better backgrounds and nice fast shutter speeds that will isolate and freeze the action.

John

gus

wow do i ever like the exposure on that first shot !!

marlof

John Patrick wrote:

I'm not seeing the isolation and bokeh expected from a 2.8 lens wide open.

This lens is actually a 3.5 at full length (200mm), and due to the smaller sensor in a four thirds camera, DOF should be a little bigger than compared to other brands using bigger sensors, bringing somewhat less isolation. Still, you should be able to get a nice isolation and bokeh using this lens, but its different from other cameras.

And yes, I do really like the exposure on that first shot!

johng

IMO, both shots could use tighter crops as well as portrait orientation. In the first shot, I just don't think the other 2 players add anything to the composition - it's all about the players on the left of the frame.

2nd shot - the player heading the ball and the girl right below her. She's important because the player heading is facing the other way so thus not very interesting. The facial expression of the player on the ground gives interest to the composition. Everything else is noise and should be cropped out.

I also agree you need to frame tighter to start with - to decrease DOF and to ensure you don't have to crop as much

Also I would advise shooting in portrait orientation - 90% of shots have more vertical interest than horizontal. When you shoot landscape like this you end up having too much uninteresting dead space and in a case like the first shot you MAY not be able to change orientation in crop without over-cropping.