Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/250 second, F/6.3, 135mm, ISO400
Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/250 second, F/6.3, 135mm, ISO400
I posted this elsewhere, but the above inspired me to recycle my efforts []
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1. 20D, 50mm 1.8 II ::: 50mm, 1/250, f/2.0, ISO 200, Manual exposure. (I should have used a smaller aperture. And the focus looks really soft.)
2. 20D, 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 ::: 28mm, 0.3, f/5.6, ISO 400, Manual exposure. (view of the sunrise from my room)
Any critiques are more than welcome. I enjoy learning how to make good pictures. haha These pale in comparison to some of the ones on this thread.
Rodger: i love that picture you did of the sunrise!
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Not great, but interesting. I was shooting the bird's mate on a nest maybe 300 ft away (not so great, given the distance--see below) when I heard this one calling from quite close. I turned and there he/she was, maybe 40-50 ft away, net. I had my 100-400mm L lens on the 30D and starting shooting rapidly, in case the bird would leave. Many of the first 50+ were terrible because the wires got in the way, but I didn't want to move in fear of spooking the bird. Gradually, I was able to move a bit, as the bird seemed not to notice--or, at least, not to care much. (I was beside my car, but moved a short distance into a field.) I was also constrained by the sun--you can see that it was essentially directly behind the bird. I was able to clone out the wires in some shots, including the first one above. The light was very strong, with deep shadows, about 2pm standard time near Eugene, OR (about 44 deg N). I lightened the shadows in Photoshop Elements 4 to show more detail on the bird's body. The color difference may have been due to the exposure compensation: 0 in the first shot, +0.7 in the others, all ISO 100. The first two were taken with the 100-400mm L @ 400mm. As the bird seemed to be staying around, I switched to a 70-200mm f/4L IS, including for the third shot (at 189mm). All the shots were cropped. I have most in RAW, but, given my "skill," I'm not sure that would make much difference. (I tried one, but didn't improve it.)
The three below are of the mate on the nest, taken with the 100-400mm L + 1.4x teleconverter @ 560mm. I've included the uncropped shot to give an idea of how far away the bird was. That necessitated manual focus (at f/8), which was not easy. (I wish that I had a 500mm f/4L IS!) I tried to focus on the sticks in the nest, as I couldn't see detail on the bird that well. I had IS turned off, as I had the lens sitting on a Kirk "Fat Bag" on the roof of my Prius. It probably should have been turned on or I should have used a tripod, though this was a lot faster and hid me from the bird. (It also allowed me to react immediately to the appearance of the other bird, very close and at a high angle.) These are cropped--no adjustments. (ISO 100, exposure bias 0.7 in hopes of getting more detail, given the bright sky.)
All told, I shot over 400 photos. Thank heavens for digital cameras! I pale to think what that would have cost with film.
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George Slusher
Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Eugene, OR
A couple of my picks. (Both are holiday snaps. What do photographers do on holidays? They take photos of course!)
This is Serena, a rare white tiger. Photographed through glass so I wasn't actually in any danger taking it.
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The second photo was taken on a dinner cruise in Nelson Bay (about 200 kms north of Sydney). The flash was able to penetrate the water a short distance so you see the dolphin below the water as well as above it. (A moment later the spray obscured the part below the water so the next shot in the sequence was a lot more ordinary. But I do like this one.
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This photo gave me "bragging rights" on the boat. None of the other people with P&S cameras got anything. The slow focus (in very low light) plus the shutter delay meant they missed the dolphin every time it surfaced. (I used manual settings and manual focus - picked something on the boat about the same distance away as the water was below, focused and moved the switch from AF to MF).
Killdeer - 40D, 400 f/5.6L, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 250, Exp. Comp. -2/3, taken @ San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA
Larger version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8925052&size=lg
Beautiful! The larger version is even nicer. Composition, color, great.
You broke the rule that says the ground line shouldn't be in the middle. I bring this up not to detract from the photo, but to cast doubt on the rule! (Maybe the rule works sometimes)
On a totally unrelated note, this picture illustrates how with a long slow lens, one can get a nice dof and still have a wonderful background blur.
I live pretty close to Irvine but don't think I've ever been to the San Joaqin Wildlife Sanctuary. Methinks I should.
Mob, I really like your dolphin shot. The tiger potrait is missing the catch light
Jon, hope to run into you in the near future at SJWS. Just look for a slim Asian guy about 5'9 wearing a brown hat and carrying a 40D & 400 f/5.6L combo. []
Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
I'll be the slim white guy about 5' 9" wearing a tan hat and carrying a 5DII with vertical grip and 70-200 f/2.8 IS.
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