I concur with John about the pics (though I
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I concur with John about the pics (though I
John and Jon:
Thank you so much.
Pat
I must say I disagree with John and Jon - the third one is my favorite. All three are great captures of beautiful nature, but to me the third one stands out from many other beautiful images. The tree living on the edge adds something more than
Joel...great and creative shot.....
Conrupl....why split hairs....all four are excellent and uniquely different.
This is one reason why I keep coming back to this forum; seeing pictures that inspire me to go out and shoot. :) Thanks for sharing.
CLS-congrats...you had the 1,000th post of this thread :)
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Yup, maybe I hurried to make a comment when I saw the counter at 999...;-)
I also decided to celebrate with posting a photo from the weekend. It's current, it's a bird and it's B/W. It's also kind of a portrait,but since I made the 1000th postinthis thread I decided to post it here.
I'm no good at post processing but I'm trying to learn. Last week I picked up a simple process for a softfocus effect that looks quite good on some older portraits. The problem is I've gothooked up on this look and apply it on lots of photos that would probably be better off without it. In this case I added just a little that I think goes well with the thoughtful swan.
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CLS - NiceSwan. I like the black and white.
Here is another fall shot.
7D, 24-105 f/4L @ 35mm, 0.6 sec, f/13, ISO 100
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Got out this morning for the first time in a while to do some photography.
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Zoom blur...taken with 1D3 and 28-135mm lens with 1/2 second exposure zooming out while the shutter was open, hand held.
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Wow, lucky you! Nice shot! I only got cold feet and hands last week ;)
Joel, that's quite an interesting picture. Nice effect.
Cool shot, Joel! I'm going to try something like that sometime!
Weather here has been awful so not much outdoor shooting going on lately!
Here is a shot from my summer archives...
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Nice one Denise!
It has been crappy weather here as well. These were shot in pouring rain last tuesday:
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Both are focus-stacked with 6-8 photos if I remeber correctly. I deleted the original shots....stupid me :P
Wow... Mushroom pie...Yummie....Nice shot Jan
I thought it was neat how the swiirling sand and pebbles in the water bore out these round holes in the rock, and then makes for some neat looking water falls.
This is called the Kettles and is a little up stream of where the Prique Ilse River empties into Lake Superior in the Porcupine Mountain State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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7D, 24-105 f/4L at 32mm, f/11, 1/5 sec, ISO=100
Jan...nice shots of the mushrooms.....
Conrupl...love the waterfall...
Great shot Pat! I love the color rendition, contrast and exposure!
Rich
Joel, I love that zoom shot. I tried to do this before, but it didn
Looks like it has been wet everywhere this week. I'm glad it didn't deter some of you from getting out and taking pictures.
Today was my first outing with my new 16-35mm zoom, but I spent most of the time dodging showers and waiting for the sun to come out, so not too many keepers. This was my favourite shot with the new lens.
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5D Mark II, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @16mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 100
Here's another view of the same stretch of the river Tay, looking upstream.
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5D Mark II, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @70mm, f/11, 1/13s, ISO 100
Andy:
I like the colors and reflection in the first one... the skies not much to look at so you wisely cropped that out.
The second one - I like the low clouds coming down into the hills.
Beautiful shots, Andy! I really like the reflection in the first one!
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Was at a local lake trying, of course, for some bird photography but this Mallard would not get close so I did a landscape shot with the 300mm 2.8 and the 1.4 TC...
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Actually Joel, I like this shot---It has a tranquil feel to it.
Which reminds me---I have a little story that us nature photogs (and probably others) can appreciate----This is also a little teaser for Joel.
This last Saturday, Norma (my wife) and I decided to go to the Bosque del Apache on on a whim (3:00 pm). By the time we got there, it was 5:15pm with onlyabout anhour of light left. Well, we started our slow trek trek arounda 12 mile loop keeping a watchfull eye for the birds and wildlife. During that hour, we came upon several deer, canadian geese, snow geese, lots of ducks, pheasant, a few sandies, coyotes, hawks, and one very rude tourist and his family (i have evidence)---Now, I didn't get pics of all of the wildlife that we saw, but here are a few not-so-good shots of some of the wildlife and the very rude tourist.
Her is one that isn't great, but I really liked the light---the sun was just out of frame and there was a haze in the air (probably dust from the rude tourist)
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and one of a Canadian strutting his stuff
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and one that had potential---but the effort was short lived
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As I said---Short lived, because a rude tourist failed to respect the fact that I was leaning over the hood of my truck with a big white lens trying to work a shot of this herd of deer and decided to blow past me at about 30 MPH.........and this isthe rest of the story:
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To explain: most people who go to the Bosque del Apache, go there to observe or photograph wildlife and as such are normally very polite and very patient and willing to wait if they see someone stopped in the middle of the road looking at or photographing wildlife---But occasionally you have to deal with people like this. Needless to say, my time with the buck mule deer was short lived.
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I'm still down with it .... will try firm up dates within the next 2-3 weeks if that's cool?
@Bob. Actually, I like the muley doe shot a lot. Its got a peaceful soft feeling to it and the highlights are beautiful. WEll done and too bad about the inconsiderate tourist....it actually looks like he/she was trying to spook that buck....reeeeal classy
Damian
Denise----Very, Very good. Love the detail.
I agree with Bob, these are vey nice. Looks like a great day!
Thank you! It is a beautiful place but a much longer lens is needed to really get some great shots!
This was taken down by Lake Michigan with my 2nd copy of the Sigma 50mm1.4 that came today! Not too many days like this left this year!
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Looks good. Are you happy with this copy?
Thanks, Mark! So far, I am very happy. I haven't done any micro-adjusting with it yet but it doesn't appear it will need much, if any. I do want to do more continuous shooting with it today to make sure it will focus accurately 99% of the time.
From what I saw shooting outside with it yesterday, vignetting was pretty non-existent and chromatic aberration and purple fringing was really well controlled, or I should say better than some I have shot with. With that on the plus side, I like it much better than the Canon 50mm 1.4 I had. I did notice in post when using Camera Raw that it does have some significant distortion but Camera Raw does a good job with correcting it.
Denise
Another Autumn shot.
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40D
700mm
1/40
iso 500
f/5.6
580 EXII + better beamer -2 1/3 stops
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Joel, This is stunning---and I love the fall colors in the background---This shot is so sharp, I think I just injured my left eye:)
Conropl, This is a calendar or wall hanger shot---Beautiful.
And.....to all the others: I have been so invloved with my football stuff, I have inadvertantly ignored my other favorite strings and I have clearly missed a bunch. I apologize for the lack of attention lately.
Beautiful Joel. Well done
Wally
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Thanks Bob, I couldn't stand it any longer....it looks like the new super tele's are still a year away and found a pristine used 500 f/4 for less than 1/2 the price of a new 600 so I went for it!!!
This was a trial shot on my old 40D with the 1.4 TC. Should be ready for Bosque now.
Went for a driveyesterday eveningchasing this storm. There was lightning bloody everywhere! There's been a heap of electrical storms around this week as we've had both dust storms and bush fires so the lightning's been amazing.It's a bit earlier in the year than normal for the storms to start so it looks like we're in for a big wet season. Will have another look and see what happens over the weekend.
The lighting in the foreground here was from a floodlight I have in the tray of my 4WD. I used the Canon 17-40mm here - needed quite a bit of distortion correction to get the post next to the gate reasonably straight so I lost a little of the image but I like how it came out. So far I'm enjoying the 17-40mm. I'm still craving something even wider though but until I can save up for a fast prime normal lens (possibly Canon 50mm f/1.2L or Sigma 85mm f/1.4) and the Canon 14mm f/2.8L I'll stick with this one.
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40mm f/4L @ ISO 400, 13sec exposure, f/5.0. Tripod mounted on Really Right Stuff TVC 34L. That reminds me - I'm supposed to do a review of that tripod for you. See what happens today.
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Private Lightning by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr
Cheers,
Ben
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no wonder it's 700mm. Joel, Congratulations! it looks like a very sharp copy, we can expect more stunning shots coming from you!
Planted my first daylilies in the garden. I don't know much about them, but at $25 a pop, they better be special. This is the first flower of the first one, there are about 6 buds under this flower so it should look pretty impressive once they all come out. The colours certainly are very vibrant.
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Ben....great picture.....I really like how you captured lightning in multiple parts of the frame.
Steve...very nice lilly. But considering I still have snow on the ground....it hurts, just a little :) If your day lillies are anything like ours, the benefit is that they are very drought tolerant and bloom much of the season.
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Joel, Congrats on the new glass. I am confident you will be very happy with it. It's a great lens and should suit your needs well on your upcoming trip:) . Two suggestions if you haven't already done so:
1. Update your insurance
2.Consider a Gimbal head, The Wimberly Sidekick is a great compromise and holds the 500 very well.---I love mine and haven't even thought about a full size gimbal head since I purchased it.
I can't wait to see what you do with this new lens