Portraits of Strangers: Alina - Europapassage, Hamburg

I was lucky enough to be able to play with the highly anticipated Olympus 75mm f/1.8 for a weekend. This shot was taken yesterday during my lunch break. Right before I had to send back that nice piece of glass :-(

editing: slight crop, exposure corrections, contrast and color.

Meet Alina ... more 75mm shots from this weekend coming soon.

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  1. brendan ó, ildefonix, Schlinchen, ♫CoolMcFlash♫, and 443 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. adde adesokan (11 months ago | reply)

    Yesterday - Liquid Sunshine

  3. Ben Gun (11 months ago | reply)

    Ein klasse Portrait!

  4. brendan ó (11 months ago | reply)

    yes to this

  5. ildefonix (11 months ago | reply)

    this is a pretty serious portrait. i like how the blurred colors and light in the background frame the subject well. The matching colors in the foregound also give a nice touch. good work.

  6. Schlinchen (11 months ago | reply)

    Du machst großartig ausdrucksstarke Portraits. Sehr gut!

  7. yrrgeirs (11 months ago | reply)

    wow, beautiful!

  8. StephenCairns (11 months ago | reply)

    Shame you had to send it back. Really nice smooth background bokeh when used up close with this.

  9. Mas.Mas. (11 months ago | reply)

    it stops time

  10. Lauri Hytti (11 months ago | reply)

    Stunner mate. Such a great olympus embassador :)

  11. Peter Levi (11 months ago | reply)

    Absolutely gorgeous!

  12. tantheolddoc (not back on track yet) (11 months ago | reply)

    Looking forward to you great shots. This is an excellent portrait. The lens is gorgeous.

  13. Danger 80 (11 months ago | reply)

    Whoa man, that's seriously good. Love the central framing ... looks like the 75mm is a decent portrait lens!

  14. ilias_1 (11 months ago | reply)

    love the processing on this

  15. gregjack! (11 months ago | reply)

    "beautiful stranger"

  16. Phil Burns (11 months ago | reply)

    Fabulous portrait!

  17. J. Tiogran (11 months ago | reply)

    Absolutely awesome portrait.
    Like the framing and background colors.
    She is beautiful.
    Greetings.

  18. [peter davis] (11 months ago | reply)

    super portrait...just pops

  19. fipixx (11 months ago | reply)

    klasse portraitaufnahme

  20. Craig's Collection (11 months ago | reply)

    Excellent shot. Love the smooth bg blur contrasting the very sharp subject.

    Looks like Olympus has another winner on their hands.

  21. bleibt für dich (11 months ago | reply)

    Wirklich WOW! Wunderschönes Portrait einer wunderschönen Frau :)

  22. Urban Pixel (11 months ago | reply)

    very well done. Great portrait.

  23. i k o (11 months ago | reply)

    great quality lens, nice result

  24. Maegondo (11 months ago | reply)

    Sehr cool! Vor allem perfekte Details :)

  25. panDx1 (11 months ago | reply)

    Very good

  26. pearson_251 (11 months ago | reply)

    Wonderfully captured ......

  27. Vernesa Catic-Metzner (11 months ago | reply)

    amazing dof and tones ;)

  28. bitlikedi (11 months ago | reply)

    I stared at it for minutes... Great catch. Congrats.

  29. Bean* (11 months ago | reply)

    what a magical lens it seems to be - this is fantastic!

  30. Ben C.K. (Benck's) (11 months ago | reply)

    Adde...You need to do more stuff in color! Strong portrait as usual and I love how you edit it. Would love to a before/after.
    The bokeh with this 75mm is impressive for a 4/3 format. Wow!

    OT: how is the EM5? Can't decided between the EM5 and the Fuji Xpro.

  31. Pete Zelewski (11 months ago | reply)

    Love the framing and serious expression! Great work as always!

  32. banana_q (11 months ago | reply)

    simply beautiful !

  33. Loek. (11 months ago | reply)

    super portrait, Adde

  34. auque (11 months ago | reply)

    wonderful! the lens seems to be a wonder piece of glass!

  35. Xvant (11 months ago | reply)

    really striking portrait!

  36. MoreThanOneView (11 months ago | reply)

    Wow - sehr intensives Portrait!

  37. Frank Scallo (11 months ago | reply)

    Great portrait; love the intense look. Wow, that lens looks like it's exactly what MFT needs :)

    Also, 'Alina' is also my wife's name :) I don't run into many other woman with the name, especially spelt that way.

  38. ...arpi... (11 months ago | reply)

    fantastic portrait

  39. nina's clicks (11 months ago | reply)

    Amazing portrait

  40. brendan ó (11 months ago | reply)

    back again- what a popper this is
    so intense

  41. ordinaryimages (11 months ago | reply)

    Heck with lenses, let's talk about how great this image is... riveting !!!

  42. KőszegiZsóka (11 months ago | reply)

    Very beautiful portrait!!

  43. WittyIrony (11 months ago | reply)

    This is such a powerful portrait :)

  44. PJ* (11 months ago | reply)

    Just perferct!

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