Post your best current shots

instead of post pictures in "what did you shoot ......." I think we may need a thread like this so we don't have to start a new thread every week. no time limit, as long as you think it's current and you can always start a new thread if needed or post your pictures to those "post your best...." threads. so I go first.


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all took with my 7D and 700mm 5.6, as you can see the last picture without any cropping, that's the time I wish I had a zoom lens.


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Good idea, JJ!


Here's a couple from this morning ..


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and from yesterday ...


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Sorry so many ...being so excited to get out of the house and actually able to take pictures, I just couldn' t decide which ones to post!

Denise

JJ


The last two would be great in the post your best bird shots thread.


The last picture (Ibis I think) has a little to warm white balance, try to make it more neutral.


Keep up the good work,


John.

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we know how much you are addicted to it, Denise, those are great shots!, I like each of them!

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you are right John, it's a ibis, and yes you caught me, I did adjusted the white balance to made it a little warm. your comment is really appreciated!

Good idea JJ, maybe you could edit the title to "Post your best current shots" that way it falls into line with the rest of the "Post your best subjects" in Show and Tell.


One from me last night was overlooking the Brisbane Story bridge in a "blue hour, dusk workshop"


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Steve

great night shot, Steve, and I have changed the title of this thread, thanks!

A big Eagle at the lake at Sunset





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I was out looking for a location for a shoot I am going to do with a friend soon and this is one of the pictures I got. (I don't know why but I seemed to need a reason to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather we had today)








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Steve - I really like that shot.





It was nice to finally get out in semi-warm whether. Here are a couple of light houses I shot today:


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Pat

Thanks Pat and others for comments, the night shot wasn't tweaked at all, I just had to rotate it a bit because my tripod was on a pretty steep hill and I hadn't set it up good enough.


Thought I would throw a shot of part of my back yard, with one dog, clothes hanging on the line, dog blanket on the fence and a few Aussie native shrubs that bring the lorikeets in. Oh and that green stuff, wellwe call that grass, everything over there seems to be covered in white stuff, thought I would give everyone a reminder just in case in some places they haven't seen it in a while


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Steve

Great shots everyone. In particular, Steve,great night shot, Denise, your grand daughter throwing snowballs at the snowman is hilarious and conrupl, I like #2.


Here are a few more of mine from Saturday, at the Eagle Festival.


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Brant

Brant - Great work with the birds in flight... that must have been a lot of fun. Here's one from last week in Calgary:

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Nice 3D post Jonathan, nice eagles Brant, don't have that around here.


More from my Brisbane blue hour shots, but a little bit earlier in the day.


Tobacco filter and WB adjustments.


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Another one of my not so subtle HDR's.


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More sky less river


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Steve

Some really nice photos here! Looks like some of us are starting to experience some better weather to get out and shoot more!! Minus 25 degrees here last week but by Thurs. we should be hitting +50 degrees!!! YIPPEEE!!


Brant - I

Those are some nice light house pics. TFS

Great shots everybody!! I like the cityscape shots Steve! And just as another reminder...and not to rub it in, but there is sunshine besides Aussie land...this last weekend at the beach was fantastic here in Santa Cruz!! A few shots to attest...


all shots taken with 1D4 and 70-200 2.8ll except HDR taken with 24-70


Mason and Rajah...


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Just Mason


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And a small HDR of a train trestle in La Selva Beach...right behind where we were!!


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Great photos everyone!


Here's my share taken last Saturday while waiting for the fireworks competition:


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and of course a little pyro display:


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The first one looks like some pretty good fireworks to me.[:D]


Mark

Happy (day-after) Valentine's Day!


"By Any Other Name"



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Cute Shot of the little one, John. Congrats on the newest!


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Took this today... was throwing out some old computer parts that were WAY out of date and thought to snap a few of this old sound card. I didn't have the time today to get set up the speedlights so I took this with the help of a directional lamp. (hence the 2 second exposure).


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Dave.

Canon 7D, 24-70mm at 68 mm, f/ 2.8, ISO 100, 1/20 sec


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I got a chance to see my sister for the first time in over a year and a half. Just a short few hour visit :-\
Anyways, they drove from Washington to Sacramento, CA in their 1987 Toyota Supra project car (sounds like fun to me!) so I wanted to document them before they left. Setup a strobe on a stand, stood on-top of a parked car and took a shot. I had less than 15 min to setup shoot and pack away (had to make it to class)

I had to do an extreme crop here because of people yards and the distracting lines on the sidewalks. I'm just not sure of the crop on the bottom of the frame, is it weird looking slightly cutting off the wheel of the car? I think it directs more attention to subject, in my opinion. criticism welcome :) (be light, I rarely work with flash)

WasAname: Looks like water street in St. John

Great pics everyone. I love the varied nature of the photos in this thread.


It clouded over here earlier than expected, so I didn't see any northern lights. It did give me a chance tofinish going through my photosfrom last Saturday at the Eagle Festival.


I had forgotten that this cormorant fly over.


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And, well, it was an eagle festival.....


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NFLD Stephen: Yeah I am from the island. Born and raised in st. John's. How about you? Here is another low res pic from the Rock.

Tonight's full moon. Handheld, manual focus using my 100-400mm w/ EF 1.4x II. Guess I need alittle more work on that manual focusing!
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Thanks Mark! Were you referring to the sunset??? [:D]


Nice moon shot Denise. I tried to take a photo with my longest lens (85mm) and I ain

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All shot with a 7D this morning. Silver lake in the forground and Lake Michigan would be on the other side of the dunes.


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Pat

Denise, I know this was handheld, but if you had your tripod handy, they live view focus will still focus anything up to f/11 I believe. I use that when I use my stacked tc if I am having trouble with manual focusing. Great shot however. Lots of detail.

Here are a couple of daisy shots with the 100mm macro and all 3 extension tubes.


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I went out today to watch some friends go dogsledding, not too far from Canmore Alberta


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Keep the dog theme going, little bit hotter in Queensland at 35 Celcuis.


Went to a fundraiser for the RSPCA ( cruelty prevention) and took some snaps of the puppies. First off a display of the RAAF defence dogs trained to hold and detain.


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And something a little bit sweeter, an agility trained poodle. I wish i had something this smart to sit next to when I was in school.


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Steve

Those are great Steve. This is why I really love this forum... people from right across the globe showing photos in the same place. (Sorry, I'm just having one of those emotional "isn't the Internet terrific" moments). [:)]

Thanks Jonathan, I know what you mean, but I think it might be a little bit site specific and this site is one of the more positive, encouraging and educationalplaces to visit.


I'd like to add a breed of dog that would be more suited to your conditions, I have acouple of the noble Japanese Akita from yesterday. I am a little bit biased about this breed as I used to own them a few years ago. They are one of the most handsome adult breeds and simply gorgeous puppies. They have a strong tendancy to guard and present a formidable obstacle for the stranger to pass. They do tend to be a one person dog, but are very affectionate and loyal to the family and friends. The male dogs especially have a sense of humor and take a while to mature and love a good play and boofy wrestle. My last male was a beautiful 130 pound lap dog. But he would only jump on you to say hello, then would position himself near you, not out of sight but perhaps between you and the door. Watchful and devoted. The movie Hachiko with Richard Geer pretty well sums up the Akita.


This very handsome dog is a nearly 8 month old pup and nice example of the breed. He was suffering a little bit in the heat yesterday.


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Thanks for viewing and taking the time to paw[;)] through the waffle associated with this post.


Steve

Beautiful doggie pictures above!!!!

Not too much picture taking for me lately &amp; this is not the best but it goes with how I feel ...sicker than a dog! [+o(]

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Wonderful macro work of the flowers and gotta love those dog pix! Check out these fine legs! Shot from my porch last nite.








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nice shots everyone!, Erno, like this shot, great color and reflction, great idea!


my picture shows that I was on the way(almost got there, may be 30 seconds more driving) to shoot birds this morning as you can tell I was kind late[:D]


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and the bird picture I got today


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I should have removed some branches but just no time.


thanks for viewing!

Poor Denise, get well soon.


Hey JJ, I love the light on the big bird and nice scene, even if it slopes a bit.


Erno that white must have a bit of alcohol to leave legs like that, or is it one of those luscious viogniers?