Brown Pelican diving
40D & 400 f/5.6, f/6.3, 1/2000, ISO 400
Larger version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9957731&size=lg
Sweet! Great shot! And its not even taken with your 500.
I will be getting my 7D in about three weeks, huray!
John.
Perfect as always Nate! Wonderfully sharp, excellent feather detail.
Canon 500D, EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS, 1/30sec, f/3.5, 21mm, ISO100
(No postprocessing, shot with 8 MPixels in B/W mode, can't remember the exact picture settings. First time in the woods with the new DSLR; after a bunch of really crappy shots I took a break and then tried to capture the mood of the place...)
ooops, bad post, let me re-format
Very nice, I gotta say.
Just curious- was this shot a member of a burst, or a single button press?
Do you think it the whole bird would not have been in focus at f/5.6? Or was there another reason for stopping down? I like how the water looks as is, but I have no idea if a tiny bit more blur would be better or not as good... do you? (Not trying to put you on the spot, but when people take way better pictures than I do, I like to inspect their minds )
I'm *this* close to picking up a 400mm f/5.6 (imagine thumb and index finger 3 mm apart). Maybe a christmas present from me to me. But if I do that I'll have to get something for my wife...
Colin, love the shot of the woods. I like how you managed to get the mood. It is really nice.
Joel, love that shot of a bird. It is well framed and really well set with blurred background.
Bob Williams, I really like the shot of a wolf. It would be nice if you could set it to 800 pixles wide so that we could see the whole image.
Here are a couple of shots that I just took around my campus here.
Canon 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 30mm f/3.5 1/90 ISO 100
Canon 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 24mm f/3.5 1/60 ISO 100
Hi John,
it's a member of a 3-shot burst.
f/6.3 was a mistake, I actually wanted f/7.1, these brown pelicans are so big that if you focus on the wing tip their heads get all blurry
These pelicans are so used to human activity at Bolsa Chica that they dive so close to the bridge, sometimes I wish I have my 70-200 with me.
House Finch
40D & 500 f/4L IS, f/5, 1/2000, ISO 250
Large Version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9957752&size=lg
Great shot of the House Finch! I have a film picture of one somewere in my other computer, but it is broken at the moment. I will post it once I get my computer fixed.
John
Please critique...
Thanks for your answers. f/6.3 seems to have worked okay :)
Personally, I never mind slightly blurry extremities, I just like the focus of attention to be sharp. Others feel differently, I know. Heck, maybe it is just that when I pay for glass, I like to use it! :)
Bob,
Did you use a filter on this shot?
-mc