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After all those pijons of Peter I finally found a non-union member. It aint flying but I'm inching myself towards that.

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata by alabang, on Flickr

The Zebra Dove Geopelia striata, also known as Barred Ground Dove, is a bird of the dove family Columbidae, native to South-east Asia. It is closely related to the Peaceful Dove of Australia and New Guinea and the Barred Dove of eastern Indonesia. These two were classified as subspecies of the Zebra Dove until recently and the names Peaceful Dove and Barred Dove were often applied to the whole species.

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Dove

Photographed in Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Nov 14, 2010 at 08:43 PM

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p.30 #2 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

great shot Paolo - not a surprise comming from you

Nov 15, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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p.30 #3 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Nice little dove, pare Paolo.
Incidentally, have you ever seen Inca doves ? Cute, small and very fast flyers.
However, all those doves and pijuns need to get their arses kicked before they'd decide to fly.

I am still milking the remnants of colourful autumn backgrounds for all they are worth.

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Nov 15, 2010 at 03:35 PM

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p.30 #4 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Thank you Alain and Peter.

Nov 15, 2010 at 08:16 PM

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Here is an ordinary bird everybody loves to photograph when there is nothing better around.........an albino Peregrine falcon

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Nov 15, 2010 at 09:26 PM

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PetKal wrote:
Here is an ordinary bird everybody loves to photograph when there is nothing better around.........an albino Peregrine falcon

Wow, what a shot. Great colours.

Nov 15, 2010 at 09:38 PM

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PetKal wrote:
Here is an ordinary bird everybody loves to photograph when there is nothing better around.........an albino Peregrine falcon

An insult to falcons everywhere!

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Nov 15, 2010 at 09:45 PM

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p.30 #8 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

This is my first time to shoot a wedding in so many years. First time to just shoot JPEG exclusively.

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Jeno & Ivy Jacquez by alabang, on Flickr

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Nov 15, 2010 at 10:22 PM

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nice work for a first, as you know it is a difficult art !

Maiko Katsuya - clic for HD

Nov 17, 2010 at 01:26 PM

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p.30 #10 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Paolo, why shoot JPEG only if you normally shoot RAW, and at a wedding no less?

Nov 17, 2010 at 02:06 PM

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p.30 #11 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Thanks Alain.

Andrew Welsh wrote:
Paolo, why shoot JPEG only if you normally shoot RAW, and at a wedding no less?

Andrew, I had no intention to do post processing for the wedding and the football matches other than simple cropping. I was told by a photographer who covered the World Cup and another photographer who does motorsports like Formula 1 for decades that they shoot Large, Fine JPEG unless they intend to do further post work.

It appears I did fine. Now if I were shooting wildlife like birds I'd shoot in RAW.

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Buhay Sports by alabang, on Flickr

You just got to love the tack sharp, high resolution and crazy depth of field this lens can produce.

Nov 17, 2010 at 03:06 PM

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p.30 #12 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

absolutely, I use it at every wedding

If you weren't doing PP then it makes sense to go with JPEG. Typically wedding photographers do a lot of PP

It's a long standing debate in the wed shooter community- raw vs jpeg- and a main argument for RAW is "Weddings are a one-time, no do-over event" I am biased in that discussion however.

Also agree the lens is great for football

(note I committed blasphemy by shooting at f/5.6 here. I was using a 1.4x TC)

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Nov 17, 2010 at 03:56 PM

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p.30 #13 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Ah the age old argument of RAW vs JPEG.

My stance is simple: if I plan to do post then RAW if not JPEG. We spent so much on these 1D, 5D and 7D bodies that not taking advantage of the features we've bought is just bad investment. These cameras were meant to make our lives easier and

A Filipino photographer that is a very known fixture on PBase (not liquidstone) shoots exclusively in-camera JPEG though he has tweaked his custom settings to such an extent that almost all the post processing done on computer is done on his Nikon.

Another way to look at it is if the client specifies RAW then give them RAW. If the client wants RAW + post processed export to JPEG then they better pay me more than a pittance.

I do not think that JPEG shooting results in bad photography and by the sheer volume of shots made (in the thousands I hear) and the number of photogs covering the event would make any mistake, minimal at most.

Unless of course you end up cropping to say 1-2MP from a 21MP, 18MP or 16MP original.

Maybe JPEG+RAW makes sense considering 16GB UDMA cards and 2TB hard drives are so cheap these days.

Now f/5.6 isnt hat bad. I made the mistake of not checking my LiveView settings in the photo below. Via viewfinder it was set at f/2 but using Live view it was at f/16.

But the fella below appears to not share my concern.

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Nov 17, 2010 at 04:26 PM

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Japanese Tengu - clic for HD

shot at 2.8 on Mk4

Nov 23, 2010 at 01:17 PM

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Shigeyama-san in Naki-Ama, Kyogen

Clic for HD and a description of the play !

Dec 02, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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I was out to today trying to catch the last sun, which is quite early this time of the year, of this very cold day.

Dec 12, 2010 at 04:17 PM

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p.30 #17 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

abdul10000 wrote:
very beautiful, did you try taking any of those shots @ 2.8? I am asking because I am curious to know if F2 is worth all the extra money over the 2.8 lens.

Thanks

Oh, It IS NOT worth the extra cost. The only time I kinda needed the f2 speed was during a runway fashion show with poor lighting. But must times I just bump the iso because since I am at a fixed position during those events I need to be able to zoom back and forth.

The 200 f2 (or older f1.8) is not a widely used lens (even for people that have it!) for that reason.

Dec 12, 2010 at 04:23 PM

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p.30 #18 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

abdul10000 wrote:
very beautiful, did you try taking any of those shots @ 2.8? I am asking because I am curious to know if F2 is worth all the extra money over the 2.8 lens.

Thanks

Sneakyracer wrote:
Oh, It IS NOT worth the extra cost. The only time I kinda needed the f2 speed was during a runway fashion show with poor lighting. But must times I just bump the iso because since I am at a fixed position during those events I need to be able to zoom back and forth.

The 200 f2 (or older f1.8) is not a widely used lens (even for people that have it!) for that reason.

(1) Not worth the cost - apparently, to some people (few, as you point out), it is.

(2) f2 is not just for speed. It's also about DOF control, and that makes a huge difference. If it's worth the cost is once again up to the individual.

Dec 12, 2010 at 06:51 PM

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Sneakyracer wrote:
abdul10000 wrote:
very beautiful, did you try taking any of those shots @ 2.8? I am asking because I am curious to know if F2 is worth all the extra money over the 2.8 lens.

Thanks
The 200 f2 (or older f1.8) is not a widely used lens (even for people that have it!) for that reason.

lol, i use my old and out dated f/1.8 ALL the time. i never leave home without it.

is it worth the extra money? absolutely!

friday night basketball. all at f/1.8

Dec 12, 2010 at 07:15 PM

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p.30 #20 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Very nice images, Grant.
One more vote for 200 f/1.8, a lens that is not a mere photography tool, but a fine picture making instrument.

200 f/2 IS is a super performing lens but it doesn't feel like it has a "soul" like 200 f/1.8.

Dec 12, 2010 at 08:15 PM

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