I'll play. These were taken with Canon (which I hear is apparently a piece of sh*t gear since yesterday ) AND they were taken this winter, even though they show little to no winter weather in them since they were taken in indoor tennis arena.
Edit: Sorry, forgot to ID the gear - all taken with Canon 40D, Canon 70-200 f2,8L, f2,8 or f3,2, shot in Raw.
safcraft wrote:
Jef, i am curious...what kind of processing are you doing with those tree branches?
RAW to .DNG to LR3...to .jpg for here
Selective color saturation, Clarity +100, Vibrance -100, Fill Light +100, Recovery +100, and contrast +100…I start there and play with some curves adjustments…couple beers…
Tenn.Jer wrote:
The full moon in February is known as the "Snow Moon"; this was a couple of days past full, only a few degrees above the horizon behind my home...
Jerry
We had it too - it was low on the horizon and HUGE, and almost perfectly positioned over the town landmark. Sadly i was on the bus home from the airport when i saw it...
Tenn.Jer: Love the images from your area...the moon shot is awesome
adrianb: Very nice work with the snow-scapes...very peaceful...
Jefferson: As Sgt. Schultz would say..."Veerryy Interresstinggkk"...
We had just the slightest dusting of snow last evening, then turning warm this afternoon, so just one "bird-in-tree" shot. I spent the morning re-setting three of the long FD L lenses to focus out to infinity, without any additional optics. I got the EdMika FD to EOS adapters to do the lens-to- body coupling, which is the easy part. Next task was to open the 300mm f2.8, 400mm f2.8, and 500mm f4.5 housings to get at the internal focus assemblies and infinity stops.
Fortunately, none of the micro-screws were "frozen" in place after the +25 years since the lenses were manufactured by Canon, prior to the EF line.
Results: In about three hours, all have been cleaned ( ) and reset to focus out to infinity with all of my EOS bodies, and will still work on my T90 and F1 bodies with the adapter removed. . Not for the meek & shakey though, as removing the 400mm front section optics gave me a moment of pause...
Tenn.Jer: Love the images from your area...the moon shot is awesome
adrianb: Very nice work with the snow-scapes...very peaceful...
Jefferson: As Sgt. Schultz would say..."Veerryy Interresstinggkk"...
We had just the slightest dusting of snow last evening, then turning warm this afternoon, so just one "bird-in-tree" shot. I spent the morning re-setting three of the long FD L lenses to focus out to infinity, without any additional optics. I got the EdMika FD to EOS adapters to do the lens-to- body coupling, which is the easy part. Next task was to open the 300mm f2.8, 400mm f2.8, and 500mm f4.5 housings to get at the internal focus assemblies and infinity stops.
Fortunately, none of the micro-screws were "frozen" in place after the +25 years since the lenses were manufactured by Canon, prior to the EF line.
Results: In about three hours, all have been cleaned ( ) and reset to focus out to infinity with all of my EOS bodies, and will still work on my T90 and F1 bodies with the adapter removed. . Not for the meek & shakey though, as removing the 400mm front section optics gave me a moment of pause...
Hi Edd, Beautiful shot. I don't think we got quite as much snow as you. I picked up one of
the new .5mm Ed Mika adapters as well. Alas, I don't yet have an old FD Tele lens to use it
with. I've been keeping my eye open on Epay, Craig's list, and here for a bargain. No luck
yet. Hoping to find a good 600mm or 800mm FD.
I was also thinking about a 500mm but knew that it needed an adjustment to get to infinity.
I'm not sure I'm up to the task of opening up a lens to do the adjustment. Do you happen to
have any instructions that you can point me to?
Reno: Good to see you here...and yes, it has not been the winter much here either...
metagraphica: Jason, if you pick one up (500mm) I can give you a hand; the toughest part is holding the lens tightly in the band saw... . Seriously, if you get one I will step you through it. Stay away from the FD 600mm f4.5, not very good at all (from my past use as an owner/operator), but the 800mm is pretty good, just damn clumsy to use (rack & pinion focus - minimum focus distance at 45 feet!), but EASY to get to focus at infinity. You just need to flip it over and remove the infinity stop pin, and then you are good-to-go! Mine is back with the Air Force....
Nice job on these Helena, especially the second. Just the right tone of winter blue.
) AND they were taken this winter, even though they show little to no winter weather in them since they were taken in indoor tennis arena. 
