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[StillFingers]

Geoff, stunning shots of bees, the last is warm and gives the impression of movement; in this case out of focus works imho...the others are great, crisp, sharp and your composition is spot on...as for the flowers, beautiful!

[greybeard]

Thanks for your kind words, Jerry.

[StillFingers]

Went out today, my 1st shoot in 2012, it was overcast grey skies, the light was very dull so I looked for subjects that could be converted to black and white...got a few, here are two, some African Daisies and a clump of grass! I'll post the original color images in a bit, just need to down size them...

Edited by StillFingers, 16 January 2012 - 01:24 AM.

[StillFingers]

[greybeard]

Those daisies look good in B&W.

[StillFingers]

Here are the original color shots. Thanks Geoff, the daisies turned out decent, the grass just didn't have enough contrast; cloudy/grey dayz do that...the grass in color works better me thinks





These images were shot with
- Canon EOS 40D
- EF 70-200mm f4L IS USM Zoom
- EF 1.4x Teleconverter
- Focal length was at max, 280mm

Black and White conversions were created with Adobe Lightroom v3.7

Edited by StillFingers, 16 January 2012 - 02:42 AM.

[StillFingers]

Today's shoot was my 1st outing in near 4 months with my DSLR setup; it's a heavy bit of kit, the DTI and wound-vac weakened me badly, it felt good to get out, be able to hold my kit steady, as I get stronger, can stay rollin longer, I'll shoot more than just my garden and neighborhood...here's another from today.

[StillFingers]

Sparrow on a cold, lonely winter's day...yep wildlife in SoCal!

Edited by StillFingers, 16 January 2012 - 03:39 AM.

[StillFingers]

Today's hi-tech 35mm cameras have amazing features, here's an example of exceptional image making...with a 3 yr old camera...enjoy!

This video is a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. All timelapses were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II with a variety of Canon L and Zeiss CP.2 Lenses.

Yosemite

Edited by StillFingers, 24 January 2012 - 08:28 PM.

[HiltonP]

A stitched panorama of my home city.....

[greybeard]

HiltonP, on 25 January 2012 - 02:03 PM, said:

A stitched panorama of my home city.....

That's a well framed picture. Nicely balanced.

[Tim13]

Just found this thread, lots of talent here. I'm not that good but i try and it's a great hobby. Started out years ago using an Argus 35mm from the 1940s and have worked my way up to a Canon 60D. Used to take a lot of wildlife and scenery when i lived in Alaska, now it's mainly events like car and air shows, street photography and whatever wanders or flies near my house.

Here are some old scans of widliife i took with my Canon A-1 and Tamron 60-300 lens.

Bear fishing for salmon




Eagle sitting in a pole

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[HiltonP]

Thanks GB. I really enjoy doing panoramas and have developed a technique of taking them in portrait mode, i.e. tilting the camera over 90° and taking the series of pictures in that format. I find that the vertical orientation of each photo frame gives me a panorama which shows more dimension and depth.

This photo is of Simonstown, a local naval base.

[Tim13]

HiltonP, on 27 January 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

Thanks GB. I really enjoy doing panoramas and have developed a technique of taking them in portrait mode, i.e. tilting the camera over 90° and taking the series of pictures in that format. I find that the vertical orientation of each photo frame gives me a panorama which shows more dimension and depth.

This photo is of Simonstown, a local naval base.

Beautiful shot, great colors!

[StillFingers]

Tim13, on 26 January 2012 - 09:43 PM, said:

Just found this thread, lots of talent here. I'm not that good but i try and it's a great hobby. Started out years ago using an Argus 35mm from the 1940s and have worked my way up to a Canon 60D. Used to take a lot of wildlife and scenery when i lived in Alaska, now it's mainly events like car and air shows, street photography and whatever wanders or flies near my house.

Here are some old scans of widliife i took with my Canon A-1 and Tamron 60-300 lens.

Bear fishing for salmon




Eagle sitting in a pole

Hi Tim,

Nice wildlife shots! The yellow eye of that bald eagle is spot on, a beautiful shot, well done!

We must talk, I've got lots of old Canon gear and a few tamron lenses, but not the 60-300, a newer Canon eos3/film and a 40D; was looking at the 60D, but am waiting for the next gen 7D or 5D Mark III; hoping they have a tilt-swivel LCD.

My 1st 35mm camera was a Yashika Electro 35 rangefinder, shot kodachrome until fuji velvia came out, still shoot Ilford PanF black n white, I've been shootin since 1970; caught the bug real bad

Jerry

Edited by StillFingers, 28 January 2012 - 04:07 AM.

[StillFingers]

HiltonP, on 27 January 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

Thanks GB. I really enjoy doing panoramas and have developed a technique of taking them in portrait mode, i.e. tilting the camera over 90° and taking the series of pictures in that format. I find that the vertical orientation of each photo frame gives me a panorama which shows more dimension and depth.

This photo is of Simonstown, a local naval base.

Hey Hilton,

Amazing panos, what are you using to stitch together your portrait shots; gear also, tripod, pano head combo. When I get back to being mobile I'd like to do some sunset panos of socal's beaches and islands, day and night shots...way cool color/composition in this last shot and love the tighter bay w/trees composition/perspective in the first shot. Keepem comming!

Jerry

Edited by StillFingers, 28 January 2012 - 04:11 AM.

[Tim13]

Thank you, Eagles are so much fun to photograph.

I just switched to dslr (from digital super zoom) about a year and a half ago. Opted for the Canon T1i and absolutely loved it. Upgraded from the kit lens to a canon 15-85, 70-300 and a Sigma 150-500; then I bought the 60D about 6 months ago. It's a huge improvement over the T1i, not just for the articulating screen, but focusing, battery life, ISO management, burst rate, top data window and general feel are a worlds apart.


On the off-chance Canon doesn't add the articulating viewscreen to their Pro-Grade cameras (which I can't imagine), you should look into the Zigview viewfinder. I bought one for my Ti1 and love it. Here's a link to the model I have:

Zigview

They have newer models that look like a big improvement though.

Here are Roseate Spoonbills and a lizard of some sort taken with the T1i/70-300:

[StillFingers]

A bit of our sunny SoCal sky yesterday...not so sunny, but filled with beautiful, gloomy clouds!



Black & White conversion via Lightroom
Canon 40D, 70-200 f4L zoom @100mm, handheld

Edited by StillFingers, 12 February 2012 - 06:19 PM.

[StillFingers]

Balmy Palms



Winter's Full Moon

Edited by StillFingers, 12 February 2012 - 06:27 PM.

[Tetracyclone]

thanks to all. Great photos.

[HiltonP]

StillFingers, on 28 January 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:

Hey Hilton,

Amazing panos, what are you using to stitch together your portrait shots; gear also, tripod, pano head combo. When I get back to being mobile I'd like to do some sunset panos of socal's beaches and islands, day and night shots...way cool color/composition in this last shot and love the tighter bay w/trees composition/perspective in the first shot. Keepem comming!

Jerry

Thanks Jerry. I have used Photoshop's built in facility for the stitching, no tripods or pano heads, just try and keep the camera movement tight around the axis of the lens. What I do like to do is flip the camera over 90° and take all the pictures in portrait mode. I find that although it requires a greater number of frames it provides a lot more leeway at the top and bottom of the stitch. This method also appears to give the stitches a lot more depth.

[HiltonP]

Here's something slightly different, namely a vertical stitch made up of three photos which allowed me to place the basement floor, ground floor, first floor and roof structure into one frame.

[rmorgan]

Nice stitches Jerry and HiltonP, verticals are always harder to do! I'm loving your recent images, I need to get on here more often and check them out. I think you saw this one on facebook, but never posted here, so here's my fire shot again from a house fire back in 2009, by far one of my favorite images I've ever taken! Much Love!

Edited by rmorgan, 15 February 2012 - 05:20 PM.

[Tim13]

rmorgan, on 15 February 2012 - 05:20 PM, said:

Nice stitches Jerry and HiltonP, verticals are always harder to do! I'm loving your recent images, I need to get on here more often and check them out. I think you saw this one on facebook, but never posted here, so here's my fire shot again from a house fire back in 2009, by far one of my favorite images I've ever taken! Much Love!

HouseFire09.jpg

Fantastic shot!

Edited by Tim13, 17 February 2012 - 12:24 AM.

[StillFingers]

rmorgan, on 15 February 2012 - 05:20 PM, said:

Nice stitches Jerry and HiltonP, verticals are always harder to do! I'm loving your recent images, I need to get on here more often and check them out. I think you saw this one on facebook, but never posted here, so here's my fire shot again from a house fire back in 2009, by far one of my favorite images I've ever taken! Much Love!

HouseFire09.jpg

Howdy Robin,

Many a photographer's dream is to be a PRO out in the field and you are there my friend! I remember seeing that shot, thinking how amazing and terrifying that moment must have been. The heat, embers, smoke, craziness that is such an event/catastrophe and you standing, poised, fully focused, shooting, documenting that inferno/insanity...well done

Keep shooting/posting,

Jerry

Edited by StillFingers, 17 February 2012 - 01:14 AM.

[StillFingers]

HiltonP, on 15 February 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

Here's something slightly different, namely a vertical stitch made up of three photos which allowed me to place the basement floor, ground floor, first floor and roof structure into one frame.

Sweet photograph/stitch Hilton!

Once the photo bug catches us it opens up new seeing, our imaginations, and be it nature, this world's creatures, city/landscapes, events...finding, creating new images, expressing a moment...well, I loose all sense of time when behind the camera, it's quite magical

Thanks for posting!

Jerry

[Edinburgh Colin]

rmorgan, on 15 February 2012 - 05:20 PM, said:

Nice stitches Jerry and HiltonP, verticals are always harder to do! I'm loving your recent images, I need to get on here more often and check them out. I think you saw this one on facebook, but never posted here, so here's my fire shot again from a house fire back in 2009, by far one of my favorite images I've ever taken! Much Love!

HouseFire09.jpg

I appreciate what you guys do and it's really impressive the perspectives and the detail in many of thes shots you take.
Strangely when I looked at this photo I see a great scene for a painting but not one the artist could catch! The swirling flames and the sharp detail of the fireman would look great done in a fairly large scale oil work I think.
Any of you visual specialists see this?
EC

[StillFingers]

Edinburgh Colin, on 17 February 2012 - 07:40 AM, said:

rmorgan, on 15 February 2012 - 05:20 PM, said:

Nice stitches Jerry and HiltonP, verticals are always harder to do! I'm loving your recent images, I need to get on here more often and check them out. I think you saw this one on facebook, but never posted here, so here's my fire shot again from a house fire back in 2009, by far one of my favorite images I've ever taken! Much Love!

HouseFire09.jpg

I appreciate what you guys do and it's really impressive the perspectives and the detail in many of thes shots you take.
Strangely when I looked at this photo I see a great scene for a painting but not one the artist could catch! The swirling flames and the sharp detail of the fireman would look great done in a fairly large scale oil work I think.
Any of you visual specialists see this?
EC

As is with the painter, sketcher, photographer, graphic artist, etc. a successful image tells one or many stories. Mediums can, and often are interchangeable. My uncle Mike was an architect, painter and art dealer for four decades. He quite often painted just from memory, he also studied the landscapes/peoples/events he wanted to capture on canvas. He took notes, made sketches, took photographs, recorded sounds, before ever lifting a brush...seeing differently, seeing/feeling/experiencing life in all it's tragedy and glory.

It's great that you get, enjoy it Colin. Robin's image is indeed powerful, she understands her tools, composition, light and how to capture the moment...it could indeed be a grand painting or a monolithic mural, perhaps even a chalk drawing/painting on the sidewalk's of an outdoor mall

Edited by StillFingers, 17 February 2012 - 06:57 PM.

[DannyR]

Tim13, on 28 January 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

Thank you, Eagles are so much fun to photograph.

I just switched to dslr (from digital super zoom) about a year and a half ago. Opted for the Canon T1i and absolutely loved it. Upgraded from the kit lens to a canon 15-85, 70-300 and a Sigma 150-500; then I bought the 60D about 6 months ago. It's a huge improvement over the T1i, not just for the articulating screen, but focusing, battery life, ISO management, burst rate, top data window and general feel are a worlds apart.


On the off-chance Canon doesn't add the articulating viewscreen to their Pro-Grade cameras (which I can't imagine), you should look into the Zigview viewfinder. I bought one for my Ti1 and love it. Here's a link to the model I have:

Zigview

They have newer models that look like a big improvement though.

Here are Roseate Spoonbills and a lizard of some sort taken with the T1i/70-300:

Love the lizard!!!

[StillFingers]

Can ice cold water turn into FIRE...here's a bit of magic found in Yosemite Valley, Horsetail Falls