Beautiful John! Still trying to restrain myself from the 1DX but these types of images make it tough...well done.
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Beautiful John! Still trying to restrain myself from the 1DX but these types of images make it tough...well done.
I really like that one John! Nice perch, nice pose and nice clear background!
+3, +3 NIce Work JohnQuote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
+4
+5 That's pretty good going getting that close John. Gee those 1Dx files are nice, that's not a bad body+lens combo right there.
Thanks, all!!
Well, Ben...you know, you have the lens already... http://www.golfmagic.com/forum/smilies/angel_smiley.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by btaylor
Stop it, stop it right now! :p I'm spinning up my justification speech to the better half right now. Maybe she'll buy me one for a wedding present, only a week and a half away... hmmm. Doubt it VERY much.
Congrats on your impending nuptials!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by btaylor
How about this..."Honey, instead of spending thousands on that wedding photographer, let's just buy me a 1D X. I'll shoot our wedding. Don't worry, it won't distract me from our vows or anything like that..." :p
Yes congrats BenQuote:
Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
As always Neuro offers excellent advice. +1 on this. I know good marital advice when I see it, after all I have been married three times :rolleyes:.
Thanks John, highly exciting.
Unfortunately though our wedding photographer's fees would only cover half the cost of a 1Dx. So for it to work out I'd have to take the photos then sell the clients a bunch of prints. The client being the soon to be wife. In which case there's every chance I'll be paying for the prints too. I don't think this will work... yet.
We had our first ever nuthatch visit our bird feeder setup this weekend! It's not a perch, but for a first visit a picture on the peanut feeder is just fine!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8...fe58800f_c.jpg
2012_09_29_0139_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
I also captured a black capped chickadee after a strong gust of wind had given him a mohawk. You don't see a punk rock chickadee too often!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/8...175d1d16_c.jpg
2012_09_22_9652_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8...44e62bbb_c.jpg
2012_09_22_9653_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing.
Dave
Just stopping by to say hi to everyone :)
Nate
Umm how do I make the image large like everyone else :(???
Thanks Joe, I forgot to uncheck the box in the "uploading window", that why I couldn't post anything :D, I need to play around with the image size, this image is too large the forum resized it. What's the maximum dimension? Thanks
Nice one Nate, good to hear from you.
If you have a Flickr or Zenfolio account or something similar....you can post the image by using the url rather than an image on your machine and it will allow larger images to be posted.
These are nice images, I like the poses and the exposures are right on, my only thought is that they look a little too sharp. I really like the challenge of shooting these little birds...it's not easy for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
Hi everyone, how are you?
Here is a Red-tailed Hawk I got to photograph about 5 months ago.
Thanks Joe Eade for showing me how to post images, as I haven't posted anything since TDP switched to the new forum.
Nate
[IMG]http://community.the-digital-picture...8&d=1349214758[/IMG]
Nice one Nate. Beautiful head angle, sharp eyes and creamy background--- great shot and........welcome back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
Bob
1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 800
f/10
1/400
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....44524210-5.jpg
Nice one Joe, beautiful wood duck
Nice work Joel---He even smiled for you:o---Great detail, Perfect low angle exposure and saturation, beautiful background/foreground, Nice comp, sharp eyes. Dang, I can't find anything to critique----How much did you pay this duck to model for you?
I think it's a great shot. I haven't seen a Wood Duck close up before, are they quite skidish?
But just to be hyper critical here goes;
I would have prefered a wider aperture (f/4) to get a cleaner background.
I would like to have him more sideways to get a more "Posed" looking position. About 45 degrees or complelely 90 degrees.
It also looks very nice if it were to dip the tip of it's beak in the water or very close to it (Coots do this alot), or have is it's neck close to it's body.
But overall I think it's a very nice shot!
Keep it up,
John.
Thanks Nate, Bob and John.
I think they are normally more skittish than Mallards. This is from a lake in a city park so the ducks are very accustomed to people and if you sit down next to the water and move slowly they swim very very close at times. I have some shots sort of like the one you are describing John and I like your thinking on the pose as well as dof.
This is an immature Wood Duck shot at f/4
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....06678934-5.jpg
I gave up on waiting for the rain to stop, and just went out shooting late this afternoon with the 600 II. Thick, dark overcast, 1-2 hours before sunset, and under a canopy of trees, so as you can imagine the light was not great. The lens was. I spend about an hour, handheld shooting only - not a problem with the lens and 1D X, and my arms are fine tonight (I did have a BR strap connected to the lens foot, so when not shooting, the weight was on my shoulder).
Below are a couple of shots, a female cardinal and a purple finch (the latter, at ISO 1250, was the only shot of the day that was lower than ISO 2000!).
One revealing observation when doing the image triage - of the ~150 shots, there were only 2 shots that missed focus (and not by much), and a few more where subject motion resulted in blur (dropping off the perch, or shaking off water). That hit rate is far, far higher than I experience with the 7d + 100-400mm combo.
Attachment 1454
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM, 1/250 s, f/4, ISO 6400
Attachment 1455
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM, 1/320 s, f/4, ISO 1250
Very nice, the new 600mm looks like it is doing a fine job. It sounds like you are enjoying it.Quote:
Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
Your observation defines one of the topics that pop up occasionally. The 1D IV gives a similar hit rate as you are seeing on the 1D X. The 1D IV has always given me an outstanding hit rate on all lenses, but the supertele’s even more so. The 7D never, ever performed so well even on the supertele's. When someone asks the question should they go with the 7D vs. 1D IV IMO the answer that matters the most is that the superior AF of the 1D trumps any perceived benefit of the additional crop. Anything else the 1D provides is just an added benefit.
I still think the biggest downside to having a 1D body with a super fast 12fps is all the additional time wasted on sorting and picking through near identical in focus pictures. I really try and keep my finger off the trigger, but it is hard. I can live with this big downside. :)
Joel...great shots of the wood ducks...
John....ummm...wow.....great shots...what I am really impressed by is the shutter speed. That IS is working very well.
John, just one tip and I am not sure the 1D X has this function, but if it does it helps allot. You can program the black buttons on the supertele, one of the preset functions on the 1D IV collapses the focus point and makes it smaller when you are using single point single shot AF. I use this function when I shoot birds in the bush. On your purple finch I think this would have helped you, I think the point your camera hit was the branch to the left rather than the bird’s eye. I may be wrong, but it does appear that way.
Wow, there are some amazing shots in here! Here are a couple of my attempts.
San Diego Zoo:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-I...0522-1538_.jpg
EOS 7D, EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM, 1/500 s, f/7.1, ISO 1600
Bishop's Peak:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k...0922-2965_.jpg
EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8-L USM, 1/1250 s, f/6.3, ISO 100
Rave or Crow? I believe it's the former
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/8...0df8c52b_b.jpg
101 _MG_5903 - Version 2 by ahab1372, on Flickr
Sandhill Crane from my guided tour of the Bosque in Jan 2012, courtesy of Bob Williams......looking forward to a return visit soon:)
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....62776954-5.jpg
Beautiful photo, Joel! I have not photographed birds in a long time! Your photo is making miss it!
I have always wanted to get a great hot of one of these! Not too many sited around here! Another fantastic shot!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Yep, the cranes are beginning to fly in now, I have seen several flocks this last week. I may have to go on a little recon mission before December, just to see what's out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Bob,
I agree, you should go. We all need you out there.
Thanks Ahab. I watched a video the other day that motivated me to get in and do some photoshop work. So as a test run I took one of my HB shots from this summer and tried some of that artsy stuff that Joel and Denise are famous for.
Opened The pic in Lightroom
Desaturated, removed contrast and shadow
Opened in CS6 as a smart object
Copied to a new layer as smart object
Then opened new layer Smart Object in ACR and put all color and contrast back in
Merged the two layers and blended in overlay mode, adjusted opacity a little and tweaked the sliders to taste
flattened the image
then applied the "oil paint" filter and tweaked those sliders to taste
Here is the result: (note--it looks much better on a black background)
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s4/v...90165764-4.jpg
What do you think?
Here is the original:
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s1/v54/p901125010-4.jpg
I like the original a lot, but the edit rocks.
Btw I also like the somewhat unusual and extreme position of the bird. You posted a few others with unusual poses at the end of your season that I really liked.
Love it! We'll get you out of LR eventually...."to resist is futile"Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
PS I agree....a BDA recon mission is in order:)
Thanks...I'm sure you'll get back to it...you've been just a little busy:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Never:mad:---Although, I have been using LR much like you use ACR. Make basic adjustments LR (Same engine as ACR), then open in PS for sharpening, backgrounds, layers etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I do have a question for one of you PS guru's. When you open a smart object in PS, how do you unlink the image from the original?
Bob
Here's one from this afternoon
1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 1000
f/4
1/250
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....91622106-5.jpg
Wow, amazing woodpecker image Joel!
Dave
Thanks Dave!