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Dan,

LOVE #2....great shot...

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Is that a pun EJ?

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My most recent style. More to come.

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...10-d2xkop7.jpg

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Need help. I need a lens wider than 50mm. Shooting on a 5D body. Im looking at the 20mm 2.8 or the 17-40 F4. Keep in mind If im spending roughly double it should be twice the lens. Also if I have missed any gems please turn me onto them.

Any and all help appreciated.

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What's your budget and what do you plan to use the lens for?

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<$800 mostly landscapes, panoramas, architecture, and HDR. most things without a heatbeat is where i find myself.

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This thread reminds me that my stock lens sucks!

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:D

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Nothing spectacular but I like these two.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSC02279.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSC02281.jpg

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Most stock lenses aren't spectacular but don't let it keep you from making great images. 95% of all lenses are better than 95% of all photographers.

I have sold images I took on my kit Canon lens. Even todays kit lenses are better than yesterdays expensive glass.

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Well considering my lack of skill I blame everything on equipment ;)

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Some pics on my recent trip to Halifax.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/...19809de9_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/...11be26ff_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/...411eb46c_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/...d76259f5_b.jpg

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Nice Nub!

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I think the 17-40 is where you want to be. There are a few other options like a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 which has gotten very good reviews or an old 17-35mm f/2.8L if you feel you really need 2.8, but my thinking is for what you shoot and the high ISO performance of the 5d, you don't really need f/2.8 and the IQ of the 17-40L is great.

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I thought that would be the ticket I just needed someone else to tell me to pull the trigger.

One other question, What are your thoughts on the 70-200 F/4?

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I've played with one, it's a great sharp lens for the money, if you don't need IS. In my opinion, it's really an outdoor lens. Not fast enough to give you great shutter speeds indoors. Also, for me, at those focal lengths, f/4 is not fast enough because I have shaky hands. Otherwise it's a fantastic lens.

For what I shoot, I need f/2.8 probably on both zoom ranges, and probably IS on the 70-200, which means expensive and I'll have to wait to buy. I like primes anyways, and I shoot crop for now. I've been tempted multiple times to pull the trigger on the 70-200 f/4, but I shoot a lot indoors and mostly people so IS by itself won't cut it, but nor will just 2.8 in most situations for me. It might work for you though based on what you said you like to shoot. Also, it's a more reasonable focal length on FF and the minimum focusing distances are surprising on all 4 Canon 70-200's.

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Now all thats left is deciding which version of 70-200 I want lol.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search...tialSearch=yes

I also have connections through Canon to get a fantastic discount! woot!

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Tomorrow should be interesting! Standard wedding gear is a couple 5D's and half a dozen lenses strapped on at all times, but I always said if I absolutely had to, I could do most of the wedding with just a 5D and a 24-105mm f4 L .... well, time to put my money where my mouth is! Good friend asked me to take some pics of their wedding tomorrow (really a 2yr confirmation of their marriage, but they married here in the states and her Venezuelan family never got a proper wedding). I couldn't risk bringing so much equipment with me to Venezuela.... so I get to do the ENTIRE wedding tomorrow with just the 5D, the 24-105mm, and a 580EX flash. Should be VERY interesting!!!!

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So as a combined gift from the wife, the in-laws, and my mom, I got a Nikon D3000 with a 55-200mm lens for my birthday.

I'm really excited to step into the photog. world. I've never used a DSLR before, so I am trying to learn as much as I can.

I can't wait til I can get some nice pics like what I see here.

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LostPhotography

I am a Professional so it might not be fair, but check out the site. I am happy to answer any questions, also comments are always welcom.

1...2...

Abbott

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A few I shot after roasting some coffee yesterday...

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7302/dscf3013.th.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9...cf3010c.th.jpg

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/879/dscf3015.th.jpg

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Wow... that was an interesting wedding, sprinkled with some near terror. Murphy was working overtime on this one!

absolutely fuking terrifying when 10 minutes before the ceremony I click the shutter, here a rattle inside the camera, and get a black picture..... pop the lens off and discover that the focal plane mirror that splits light between the viewfinder and the metering/focal sensors has completely come unglued, is rattling loose, and cracked.

Now let me take a second to remind you, I don't have my full kit with me. I don't even have a 1/4 of the kit with me. That's my only camera and lens, and I am up in the mountains, literally hours away from civilization.

Thanks to the grace of God, I had had, on a whim, thrown a tube of super glue in my backpack that morning..... and the ceremony was running a few minutes late. I glued the mirror back together (fortunately it wasn't cracked on the part that went to the focusing sensor!) and then glued it back into the camera. Right side of my viewfinder was realllllllly blury, but other than that I was back in business!!!!

Option 2 if that didn't work would have been to shoot it completely blind, on manual exposure. AF still worked fine, but without the darker mirror there, metering got thrown out of whack by about +3 stops too bright.

Interesting for sure because it was a Venezuelan wedding - similar to ours, but lots of distinct differences in terms of how things are organized and run. Rehearsal? more like a circus show. "let it happen" was the unspoken motto for the day. Cool thing was, it did all happen... and the heart that I saw there was some of the most I've ever seen in a wedding, very touching to see how everyone worked it.

flat out strange when dinner was served at, no joke, 12:45am .... these guys really like to party late!!!! Oh yeah, and I won't even talk about the "hora loca" later on... which was kind of like a mini mardis gras, and music that changed every 30 seconds until everyone was too damned tired to move anymore.

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My first attempts at taking decent pictures. These are unedited, and straight off the SD card. They aren't the greatest by any means, but they are better than anything I have ever taken before.

Don't mind the dead grass in the last one, it's been dry as a bone for the last month here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0067.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0093.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0141.jpg

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For the Canon Guys.....
A great VERY inexpensive lens yet a great lens too......
(AKA Nifty Fifty)

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II AF Lens 2514A002
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Nice shot of the dawg Drew... I recently visited Fall River Mills, CA over the weekend and shot this photo on Bridge St on the Pit River looking East around 0728 hrs...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...ictures025.jpg

A very peacefull image...

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nice stuff!


Just got a shiny new laptop and photos look SO much different. :D Nice! Anyway here a couple from a hike with the girlfriend (Jen :)) and roses for her too. Thought they came out pretty well used the nifty fifty exclusively.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sctUupuw_Zk/TL...Q/s800/024.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_sctUupuw_Zk/TL...k/s800/079.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_sctUupuw_Zk/TL...M/s800/066.JPG

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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sctUupuw_Zk/TL...s/s800/043.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_sctUupuw_Zk/TL...g/s800/042.JPG

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I have a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS on the way! :tu

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Took this on Sunday at the lake.

This is my first real attempt at any type of editing. It looks alright. I wish the power lines weren't in the way.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../DSC_0683d.jpg

Here's the original.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...r/DSC_0683.jpg

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You can edit out the power lines pretty easy by using the heal brush and clone tool.

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Word, thanks for the info. I'm totally new to PS so thank you again.

Edit: I found the heal tool no problem but haven't located the clone tool yet. I'll keep looking and playing around.

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CS5 fixed the heal tool and has an awesome predictive content filter.

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Yeah I saw a video of the "content fill aware" thing or whatever it was called, but I only have CS3E. It was definitely cool though, I was impressed at how good of a job it did.

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vintage cutter collection
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...I/DSCN0550.jpg

dog sleeping by a Italian anti-tank mine
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...I/DSCN0196.jpg

view from atop of my conex cigar lounge (it had 2 folding chairs)
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...I/DSCN0243.jpg

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Just some quick shots I took one morning last week with my little Sony Cybershot.

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/z...c/DSC04258.jpghttp://i817.photobucket.com/albums/z...c/DSC04255.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/z...c/DSC04253.jpg

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Those are lovely, Wade! Thanks for posting. :tu

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Wade.... those are truly awesome!

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I'm certainly no photographer, just usually keep on in the truck for just such occasions. I posted three, you liked two, which one doesn't suit your fancy? Just curious.

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:r...I didn't scroll all the way over and missed the "actual" second photo. That too:tu

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LOL, here I was hoping for some professional critique! Well glad you got to see them all, like I said, quickies with a Sony Cybershot, but for a travel camera, it usually does a fine job.

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Volus- Your first photo is the weakest. There is no for ground and the sky is too small in the image. Look up the "rule of thirds". That will help you a lot.

Also the colors are muted and the image is a little too dark. Comparing it to image #2 you see the red pop first and it draws your eye right in to the center of the image. Where as in image #1 there is nothing but glaring sun reflecting off the water and as a main point of focus this is too bright.

Hope that helps. let me know if you have any questions

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I appreciate it as I'm no photographer. I just really liked the calmness of the water and lilly pads, so I just wanted a bunch of that in there. What do you mean rule of thirds?

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'ere ya go mate. Looks like we both can learn something here.

http://www.digital-photography-schoo...rule-of-thirds

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Yup that is pretty much it. Once you get it down to the point you see that way then you will know when to break it and how to break and grow from there. Good luck it is a fun hobby, and remember, The camera has absolutely nothing to do with the picture.

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Nice read, thanks!

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YEP!!! Most people don't realize how much of a profound impact their computer monitor has on how the picture appears. Try an experiment, setup your laptop next to a desktop monitor (or two) and put the same photo up on all of em. You'll be shocked how different it appears.

I try to never work on my laptop if I can avoid it, because the screen on my laptop is terrible. but there are plenty of equally bad desktop screens too ;)

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:wo, congrats! enjoy it!

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Because my Laptop is so new and my desktop stuff so old (in computer years that is) my laptop looks better. Which one is more of a true accurate representation is another question....


I have done that "test" and am baffled as to which one I should use to adjust my photos.

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You might want to consider calibrating your monitor, there are kits available for that.

My new lens came in today, I can't wait to start shooting with it.