As the card hints, I got a cool thing (among many) for my birthday this year:
Paul surprised me with this lens for my camera. At first, I turned my nose up to this--what am I going to do with a telephoto zoom lens? I'm mostly interested in portraits and isn't this lens of sport fanatics and stalkers? But at Paul's urging, I tried it out and I have to confess, I was pleased with the pictures I got. I took Velina and Lindsay to the pool and got this one poolside as I was sitting in my chair:
And then I got this one sitting 30 feet away in the shade:
If you're wondering if she was swimming in a vat of psychedelic Kool-Aid, I'll confess that I was playing around in Photoshop and really pumped the Saturation. Note to self: dial it down from 11 on the Saturation.The downside is that with this telephoto zoom lens on, the camera looks like this:
Even though I'm female, taking pictures of 8 year-old-girls at the pool with this setup, I felt a greasy comb-over short of looking like Uncle Pervy.
But beyond that, I'm looking forward to using this lens a lot more. Because of the aperture, I aim to use it a lot outside but 5 feet or more and this baby can give me some pretty sweet candid portraits.
So to my man and girl, I do like this present--thank you!
4 comments:
Wow, these photos look great!
pb
LMAOOOOOO @ i hope you like our present, it was expensive.
i totally want a telephoto. then i can take spy pics of e. plus telephoto is great for lazy peeps (see: me)
WOW...what a great lens! But it looks like no one will get away with anything sneaky when you've got that baby around!
ENjoy!
-Cheryl
So envious! So neat! It's like you have become the photographer professional overnight. Next thing you will be taking charging a sitting fee to cover the gas on that Honda. -vmm
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