Alex Nail wrote:
This shot is a brilliant example of the Prantl Glaurt Singularity for those of you who are interested in aerospace. Basically transonic flow over the wing causes steep temperature gradients and results in the condensation of water in the air.
I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. Amazing!
Chris I have seen that shot many times and it never fails to impress. Did you have the focus point set to the right or did it just sort of happen that way?
Jon, what has happened there? Is that an engine blow up?
Take it from a retired jet jockey, that wing tip vapor is actuall uninal drains !
Cheers
Harry And P.S. I think my EF 300 f2.8, MK 1-took the same level of photos, minus IS, of course. Both are great lenses, in the right hands.
i just love the creaky smooth bokeh of this lens wide open too.
basically it has no CA of any sorts and is mad sharp wide open corner to corner and has great bokeh, super fast and precise AF, f/2.8, IS (only bad thing is IS is older, but ONLY minor nitpick on anything, well it is bulky and big, amazing lens).
Alex Nail wrote:
This shot is a brilliant example of the Prantl Glaurt Singularity for those of you who are interested in aerospace. Basically transonic flow over the wing causes steep temperature gradients and results in the condensation of water in the air.
Here is the full size shot, just reduced for the web. Looks OK, nice pop, but nothing really special since the subject is so small in relation to the frame:
300 2.8 IS, f5, 1/800, ISO 800, no converter; a remarkable lens!
Great shot!
BTW - I hate you guys. Here I am already to get the 300 f/4, waiting to see if a Spring rebate pops up, convinced myself the f/2.8 is just too heavy to hike around with.... yeah, seeing these images convinced me that I reeeeally don't like you. At all.
I used to own this lens two years back when I was still pretty new to photography. I absolutely adored it and still regret selling it. The reasons seem so stupid when you look back. I guess the positive thing now is that I'll have to get myself a 600/4L IS since I'm shooting with a 5D now a days.
Here's my two favorite images with that lens:
A fox shot wide-open with Canon EF Extender 1.4x and EOS 10D. Being the newbie that I was, I managed to screw up the exposure by roughly -1.0 EV so I lost some contrast both because of that and the Extender. Shot in RAW so I was able to compensate for my short comings afterwards.
jdryan3 wrote:
convinced myself the f/2.8 is just too heavy to hike around with....
I used to drag my 300/2.8L IS around all day. With the right backpack, you probably could too. It's extremely portable for being an exceptional 300/2.8L IS, a VERY good 420/4L IS and a (usable!) 600/5.6L IS in the same package (if you have Extenders).
So now you have no excuse to not buy a 300/2.8L IS. You can thank me after you buy it.
