The 300f4 is already such a sharp lens, I am puzzled why the image is so excessively over sharpened it appears like digital art. Such photos will actually prevent people from buying the lens..
I got into Micro Four Thirds with E-M1 II and 12-100mm F4 a couple of years ago, and got my second lens, the 8-25mm F4, a few months ago, and I have been looking for a forum to not only show my work but also see the work of others, and of course see interesting feedback and discussion. FM seemed like the place, and I have been looking at the forum with great interest and even created an account. But now seeing how unwelcome even minor criticisms of a photograph are here, I am not sure if this is the place anymore. I will continue to refrain from posting my work here for a while at least, and certainly I will also refrain from commenting on any of the works of others here.
I found the "car wash in the fog" thread in the City, Street & Architecture subforum interesting last night too and I was thinking of commenting there today as my very first post on FM, but I have changed my mind and this is my first post here, and maybe my very last. I don't regret creating an account here as there is the "Hide Me" function as utopianframe noted (in a post that got deleted?), and that function suddenly seems very useful now, so a new account was not too much of a waste in the end.
As for the sharpening artifacts, I think some of that might also be the result of excessive cropping, and possibly Flickr's own excessive sharpening. I think the kind of person shopping for an expensive lens like 300mm F4 would notice such artifacts right away, but I also think they would be able to discern the root of such artifacts and not place the blame so much on the lens, so such misplaced blame is probably not something we need to be too concerned about.
FM is indeed a friendly place, after a judicious use of the Hide button As photographers we all grow with critiques and it’s a discussion between the person who offers the feedback vs the one who posts the image.
I visit all the lens specific threads to appreciate and to learn from others who have been using the said lens or gear and I assume others do the same as well.
When there’s a mix of photos processed with different styles and to different degrees everything gets balanced out. things get murky when only excessively processed images flood the thread. So it’s good to have more folks posting for the benefit of those like me.
doady wrote:
I got into Micro Four Thirds with E-M1 II and 12-100mm F4 a couple of years ago, and got my second lens, the 8-25mm F4, a few months ago, and I have been looking for a forum to not only show my work but also see the work of others, and of course see interesting feedback and discussion. FM seemed like the place, and I have been looking at the forum with great interest and even created an account. But now seeing how unwelcome even minor criticisms of a photograph are here, I am not sure if this is the place anymore. I will continue to refrain from posting my work here for a while at least, and certainly I will also refrain from commenting on any of the works of others here.
I found the "car wash in the fog" thread in the City, Street & Architecture subforum interesting last night too and I was thinking of commenting there today as my very first post on FM, but I have changed my mind and this is my first post here, and maybe my very last. I don't regret creating an account here as there is the "Hide Me" function as utopianframe noted (in a post that got deleted?), and that function suddenly seems very useful now, so a new account was not too much of a waste in the end.
As for the sharpening artifacts, I think some of that might also be the result of excessive cropping, and possibly Flickr's own excessive sharpening. I think the kind of person shopping for an expensive lens like 300mm F4 would notice such artifacts right away, but I also think they would be able to discern the root of such artifacts and not place the blame so much on the lens, so such misplaced blame is probably not something we need to be too concerned about....Show more →
As photographers we all grow with critiques and it’s a discussion between the person who offers the feedback vs the one who posts the image. 
