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"If you have sensitive ears and own a 5D mk II, turn away.... I just wasn

I think I had better post something. There are some nice portraits in this thread.


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Is this a cardinal?

I purchased a 24-105 in similar circumstances to the OP just over a year ago. I too was very unimpressed with the sharpness of the images. I sent it to Canon Australia, they calibrated it and it came...

I don't know what it is about this picture, but it seems magnificent to me.
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Well, here's the story. I was actually fishing at a place called...

Thanks Wes, we have amazing birdlife, right in or near our backyard on the NSW north coast.

Yep. I don't know the difference in pelicans, they all look the same to me! Lens was a Canon 50mm F1.4

This pelican sat up for me and patiently waited until I photographed him, with flash:


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This osprey was captured just 3 miles south of here:


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These fellas are from just up the road, north coast NSW:


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Here's a few from my backyard:


Rainbow lorikeets


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Rainbow Lorikeet

I have not found much need for anything longer than 200mm on a crop body, but I photograph mainly people and landscapes, not birds or animals running through the bush...100-400 is a big lens to lug...

I have a 40D and the following: 10-22, 24-105 and 70-200 F4. Of these, I use the 24-105 most of the time. (I know it is possible overkill for a crop camera, but I will upgrade to FF sometime in the...

Hello All. I posted this in the HDR post, and it ended up here. I think something may be haywire somewhere![:^)]

Image taken on the NSW north coast, using Photomatix (free version). I usually clone out the Photomatix stamps, but didn't get around to it this time.

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I bought a new 70-200 F2.8 IS lens, found it wasn't sharp and sold it. I then purchased a refurbished 70-200 F2.8 non IS from Adorama, and it was perfect in every respect. Saved some dough too....

Thanks for nothing Bryan. Because of you, I have kept Canon's wealthy shareholders in the moolah because I keep buying L lens...[:D]


Seriously, an informative and, I feel, balanced website, with...